From: Garapata on
One more thing... Since some of the paired data and value columns
begin with earlier dates than others, these others have less actual
data, so where they don't have data they have "" in both their date
and values fields.


I also found this link overnight for a related but perhaps simpler
problem:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_frm/thread/4780e18574d0416f/d1e744ec7e0c700a?lnk=gst&q=Sorting+by+date#d1e744ec7e0c700a

I haven't seen my way through this yet. I'll keep hammering away on
it, but I can still use some guidance.

I've always liked how this forum brings out different ways to think
about a problem.

I look forward to any replies.

From: Ariel Sepulveda on
Check SortByColumnMXL in this link (
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meanwhile.


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On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Garapata <warsaw95826(a)mypacks.net> wrote:

> One more thing... Since some of the paired data and value columns
> begin with earlier dates than others, these others have less actual
> data, so where they don't have data they have "" in both their date
> and values fields.
>
>
> I also found this link overnight for a related but perhaps simpler
> problem:
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_frm/thread/4780e18574d0416f/d1e744ec7e0c700a?lnk=gst&q=Sorting+by+date#d1e744ec7e0c700a
>
> I haven't seen my way through this yet. I'll keep hammering away on
> it, but I can still use some guidance.
>
> I've always liked how this forum brings out different ways to think
> about a problem.
>
> I look forward to any replies.
>
>