[Gambas-user] gb3: sorting an array-like structure

[Jussi Lahtinen]

Not sure, but I think Benoit means special method "_compare" which is used
(if exist) to sort objects.
http://gambasdoc.org/help/lang/special/compare?view
http://gambasdoc.org/help/comp/gb/object%5B%5D/sort?v3

Jussi



On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 05:22, Kevin Fishburne <
kevinfishburne at ...1887...> wrote:

> On 05/23/2011 10:01 PM, Kevin Fishburne wrote:
> > On 05/09/2011 09:59 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> >>> Think of it like a spreadsheet instead of an array. I need each "row"
> >>> sorted by the value in a "column". The two column values are
> >>> ObjectNumber and ObjectY and the row represents the array index.
> >>>
> >>> There's got to be something like this in GAMBAS, but if not I can start
> >>> Google searching sort algorithms and make a procedure.
> >>
> >> - Put the objects you have to draw on the screen in a temporary array.
> >> - Define the (X,Y) final coordinates in two object variables.
> >> - Implement the "_sort" special method in the object class.
> >>
> >> That way, you just have to call "Sort" to sort only the objects you want
> the
> >> way you want.
> >
> > The documentation didn't do much to alleviate my confusion, so if anyone
> > understands this could you please post the simplest example possible? A
> > link to the documentation on the _sort special method might be enough (I
> > couldn't find it). As a refresher I'm basically trying to sort an array
> > by one of its elements, much like sorting a spreadsheet
>
> Looks like Matti had the same question back in 2009:
>
>
> http://old.nabble.com/sort-multidimensional-arrays-td26051359.html#a26059190
>
> The proposed solution sounds similar to the response given to me, though
> my feeble brain isn't able to convert it into code. Interesting that the
> post mentions a variant can be used as well as an object.
>
> Matti, if you're out there, do you have an example of how you sorted the
> example array in your post using these (or other) techniques?
>
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