Numbers: sorting by results

Question

i have a list, part of which are figures put in manually, others that are the result of a calculation.
To sort that column, what I normally did in Excel was to export as txt file, then reimport, and then do the recalculation.
What's the way to do it for Numbers?

Answer 1

Here is an other script achieving more tasks than the first one.
--{code}
--[SCRIPTtable2textFile]
Enregistrer le script en tant que Script : table2textFile.scpt
déplacer le fichier créé dans le dossier
<VolumeDeDémarrage>:Users:<votreCompte>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Il vous faudra peut-être créer le dossier Numbers et peut-être même le dossier Applications.
Sélectionner au moins une cellule dans la table à exporter.
menu Scripts > table2textFile
Le script créera un fichier texte avec le contenu de la table
puis ouvrira celui ci dans Numbers.
--=====
L'aide du Finder explique:
L'Utilitaire AppleScript permet d'activer le Menu des scripts :
Ouvrez l'Utilitaire AppleScript situé dans le dossier Applications/AppleScript.
Cochez la case "Afficher le menu des scripts dans la barre de menus".
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Save the script as a Script : table2textFile.scpt
<startup Volume>:Users:<yourAccount>:Library:Scripts:Applications:Numbers:
Maybe you would have to create the folder Numbers and even the folder Applications by yourself.
Select at least one cell in the table to export.
menu Scripts > table2textFile
The script will create a text file with the table's contents and will open it in Numbers.
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The Finder's Help explains:
To make the Script menu appear:
Open the AppleScript utility located in Applications/AppleScript.
Select the "Show Script Menu in menu bar" checkbox.
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Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris FRANCE)
2011/08/07
--=====
on run
          local dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2, enTexte, fName, p2t
          my activateGUIscripting()
          try
                    set {dName, sName, tName, rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
Select every cells of the table *)
                    tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
                              set selection range to range ("A1:" & name of last cell)
                    end tell
Copy to clipboard *)
                    my raccourci("Numbers", "c", "c")
                    delay 0.2
Extract the clipboard contents *)
                    set enTexte to the clipboard as text
Build an unique fileName *)
                    set fName to (do shell script "date " & quote & "+_%Y%m%d-%H%M%S" & quote) & "." & "txt"
Grabs the pathname of Temporary Items folder*)
                    set p2t to path to temporary items from user domain
Create a new text file *)
                    tell application "System Events" to make new file at end of p2t with properties {name:fName}
Store the table contents in the text file *)
                    write enTexte to file ((p2t as text) & fName)
Open the text file in Numbers *)
                    tell application "Numbers" to open ((p2t as text) & fName)
          on error
                    if my parleAnglais() then
                              error "The clipboard doesn’t contain text data. Maybe you selected a Numbers sheet !"
                    else
                              error "Le presse-papiers ne contient pas de données texte. Vous avez peut-être copié une feuille de Numbers !"
                    end if
          end try
end run
--=====
set { dName, sName, tName,  rowNum1, colNum1, rowNum2, colNum2} to my get_SelParams()
tell application "Numbers" to tell document dName to tell sheet sName to tell table tName
on get_SelParams()
          local d_name, s_name, t_name, row_num1, col_num1, row_num2, col_num2
          tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
                    set d_name to its name
                    set s_name to ""
                    repeat with i from 1 to the count of sheets
                              tell sheet i to set maybe to the count of (tables whose selection range is not missing value)
                              if maybe is not 0 then
                                        set s_name to name of sheet i
                                        exit repeat
                              end if -- maybe is not 0
                    end repeat
                    if s_name is "" then
                              if my parleAnglais() then
                                        error "No sheet has a selected table embedding at least one selected cell !"
                              else
                                        error "Aucune feuille ne contient une table ayant au moins une cellule sélectionnée !"
                              end if
                    end if
                    tell sheet s_name to tell (first table where selection range is not missing value)
                              tell selection range
                                        set {top_left, bottom_right} to {name of first cell, name of last cell}
                              end tell
                              set t_name to its name
                              tell cell top_left to set {row_num1, col_num1} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              if top_left is bottom_right then
                                        set {row_num2, col_num2} to {row_num1, col_num1}
                              else
                                        tell cell bottom_right to set {row_num2, col_num2} to {address of its row, address of its column}
                              end if
                    end tell -- sheet…
                    return {d_name, s_name, t_name, row_num1, col_num1, row_num2, col_num2}
          end tell -- Numbers
end get_SelParams
--=====
on decoupe(t, d)
          local oTIDs, l
          set oTIDs to AppleScript's text item delimiters
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to d
          set l to text items of t
          set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oTIDs
          return l
end decoupe
--=====
on parleAnglais()
          local z
          try
                    tell application "Numbers" to set z to localized string "Cancel"
          on error
                    set z to "Cancel"
          end try
          return (z is not "Annuler")
end parleAnglais
--=====
on activateGUIscripting()
  (* to be sure than GUI scripting will be active *)
          tell application "System Events"
                    if not (UI elements enabled) then set (UI elements enabled) to true
          end tell
end activateGUIscripting
--=====
==== Uses GUIscripting ====
This handler may be used to 'type' text, invisible characters if the third parameter is an empty string.
It may be used to 'type' keyboard raccourcis if the third parameter describe the required modifier keys.
I changed its name « shortcut » to « raccourci » to get rid of a name conflict in Smile.
on raccourci(a, t, d)
          local k
          tell application a to activate
          tell application "System Events" to tell application process a
                    set frontmost to true
                    try
                              t * 1
                              if d is "" then
  key code t
                              else if d is "c" then
  key code t using {command down}
                              else if d is "a" then
  key code t using {option down}
                              else if d is "k" then
  key code t using {control down}
                              else if d is "s" then
  key code t using {shift down}
                              else if d is in {"ac", "ca"} then
  key code t using {command down, option down}
                              else if d is in {"as", "sa"} then
  key code t using {shift down, option down}
                              else if d is in {"sc", "cs"} then
  key code t using {command down, shift down}
                              else if d is in {"kc", "ck"} then
  key code t using {command down, control down}
                              else if d is in {"ks", "sk"} then
  key code t using {shift down, control down}
                              else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "k" then
  key code t using {command down, shift down, control down}
                              else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "a" then
  key code t using {command down, shift down, option down}
                              end if
                    on error
                              repeat with k in t
                                        if d is "" then
  keystroke (k as text)
                                        else if d is "c" then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down}
                                        else if d is "a" then
  keystroke k using {option down}
                                        else if d is "k" then
  keystroke (k as text) using {control down}
                                        else if d is "s" then
  keystroke k using {shift down}
                                        else if d is in {"ac", "ca"} then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down, option down}
                                        else if d is in {"as", "sa"} then
  keystroke (k as text) using {shift down, option down}
                                        else if d is in {"sc", "cs"} then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down}
                                        else if d is in {"kc", "ck"} then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down, control down}
                                        else if d is in {"ks", "sk"} then
  keystroke (k as text) using {shift down, control down}
                                        else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "k" then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down, control down}
                                        else if (d contains "c") and (d contains "s") and d contains "a" then
  keystroke (k as text) using {command down, shift down, option down}
                                        end if
                              end repeat
                    end try
          end tell
end raccourci
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
--{code}
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