each

Type

keyword

Summary

Used with the sort container command to specify that the sort key consists of the specified chunk of each line or item. Also used with the for keyword in a repeat control structure to specify that the repeat loop should be executed for each chunk of the specified string or each element of the specified array.

Syntax

each

Description

Use the each keyword to sort a container by a portion of each item or line, rather than by the whole item or line, or to iterate over each chunk in a string or each element in an array.

In a sort container command, the expression before "of each" must be a chunk expression. The chunk expression describes a portion of each item or line in the container to be sorted.

If a chunk is nonexistent for a particular line or item--for example, if "by char 5 of each" is specified and some lines only have four characters--the chunk is treated as though it were empty.

Examples

sort lines of field "Address" by word 2 of each

repeat for each character thisChar in field "Input"

Related

command: sort, sort container

control structure: repeat

glossary: sort, loop, chunk expression, iteration, container, chunk, keyword, control structure, array, command, sort key

keyword: item, element, for, line, string

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile