list sort

[Xed Saunders]

i'm going mad with a simple thing, i can't see what i'm doing wrong, i am sorting a list composed by strings.

        list names=["36.321","name2","30.456","name1","30.455","name3","29.452","name4"];
        list sorted=llListSort(names,2,TRUE);
        llSay(0,"output:"+(string)sorted);

this works and produce Object: output:29.452name430.455name330.456name136.321name2

this don't

list newentry=[];
list allbest=[];
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
                llListen(-3500, "", "", ""); 
    }
    listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string listener)
    {
        newentry=newentry+[llParseString2List(listener,[""],[" "])];
        allbest=llListSort([newentry],1,TRUE);
        llSay(0,"output:"+(string)allbest);
    }    
}

produce output:36.234name534.234name132.234name4

is the order i type them in the chat with /-3500 TimeName

can't llistsort be used with a listener?

tia

 

[KT Kingsley]

The second script you've posted will never work: you have lists inside lists:

[llParseString2List(listener,[""],[" "])]

[newentry]

The result of llParseString2List is a list, so putting it inside brackets is putting a list inside a list. And the same applies to newentry.

In the llListSort call you set a stride of 1. I think you mean 2 there.

In the llParseList2String call you don't specify any separators, but you do include a space in the spacers. Separators are discarded, while spacers are included in the list as items in their own right. I think you want them the other way around.

Also, a slightly neater way to see what a list contains is to use the function llList2CSV which separates the list items from each other with commas.

I think the example below might be what you're looking for:

list newentry=[];
list allbest=[];
default
{
    state_entry()
    {
                llListen(-3500, "", "", ""); 
    }
    listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string listener)
    {
        newentry=newentry+llParseString2List(listener,[" "],[]);
        allbest=llListSort(newentry,2,TRUE);
//        llSay(0,"output:"+(string)allbest);
        llOwnerSay ("Output: " + llList2CSV (allbest));
    }    
}

 

 

Edited April 6, 2020 by KT Kingsley

[Xed Saunders]

thanks. i'll try iw as i can login, by the way doing a quick copy and paste i've pasted an error in the stride, which is 1, your guess was correct