This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure how to handle this.

I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case) pictures in it and would like to arrange them numerically from Pic0.jpeg to Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to. What am I missing???

The pics are nicely order in my folder on my desktop but as soon as I read it with the "folder" object, things get scrambled...

This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure how to handle this.
I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case) pictures in it and would like to arrange them numerically from Pic0.jpeg to Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to. What am I missing???
The pics are nicely order in my folder on my desktop but as soon as I read it with the "folder" object, things get scrambled...
Any ideas???

alphabeticalnumerical-sorting

1. You should be using leading zeros with your incremented pic-names, and be consistent; for ex: pic00.jpg, pic01.jpg, etc. Otherwise (as is the case with OS interpretation), the names get interpreted "out of sequence" when read in.

2. To sort, you can use sort -1 (data in ascending order) followed by "renumber", so:

There are two issues:
1. You should be using leading zeros with your incremented pic-names, and be consistent; for ex: pic00.jpg, pic01.jpg, etc.  Otherwise (as is the case with OS interpretation), the names get interpreted "out of sequence" when read in.
2. To sort, you can use sort -1 (data in ascending order) followed by "renumber", so:
(messagebox) [sort -1, renumber] 
should do the trick for you.

> This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure

> how to handle this. I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case)

> pictures in it and would like to arrange them numerically from

> Pic0.jpeg to Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to.

> What am I missing??? The pics are nicely order in my folder on my

> desktop but as soon as I read it with the "folder" object, things get

They are sorted, but alphabetical and not numerical. If you want it

numerical you have to extract the numbers, dump it into a coll, sort it

The suggestion of jl is easier, just name them alphabetically....

Martin Ritter schrieb:
> This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure
> how to handle this. I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case)
> pictures in it and would like to arrange them numerically from
> Pic0.jpeg to Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to.
> What am I missing??? The pics are nicely order in my folder on my
> desktop but as soon as I read it with the "folder" object, things get
> scrambled... Any ideas???

They are sorted, but alphabetical and not numerical. If you want it
numerical you have to extract the numbers, dump it into a coll, sort it
and then fill the menu...

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On 3 juin 07, at 02:42, Martin Ritter wrote:

> This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure 

> I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case) pictures in it and 

> would like to arrange them numerically from Pic0.jpeg to 

> Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to. What am I 

> The pics are nicely order in my folder on my desktop but as soon as 

> I read it with the "folder" object, things get scrambled...

You can extract the number with a simple regular expression. In that 

case I'm just looking for a digit "\d" which appears at least once "+".

> This is probably very basic, and I do appologize, but I am not sure  
> how to handle this.
> I have a coll with a bunch of (in this case) pictures in it and  
> would like to arrange them numerically from Pic0.jpeg to  
> Pic33.jpeg. "sort -1 1" doesn't do what I want it to. What am I  
> missing???
> The pics are nicely order in my folder on my desktop but as soon as  
> I read it with the "folder" object, things get scrambled...

You can extract the number with a simple regular expression. In that  
case I'm just looking for a digit "\d" which appears at least once "+".

alphabetical/numerical sorting...