Re: FLASH: Sorting numbers using variables

[John Croteau]

Hi Waldo,


> news1=19991101

> news2=19991102

> news3=19991031

> news4=19991201


> I want some variables, like sortedNews or something like that,

> that point towards the unsorted variables.


> sortedNews1=news3

> sortedNews2=news1

> sortedNews3=news2

> sortedNews4=news4


> That's because i've got some variables linked to news&i that use the same i

> to match for example a newsitem.

>   No matter how to approach them.

>   I hope i've been clear. Who knows the answer?

What you want to do is create an index. Branden's code does a sort.

An index stores the order in a separate array (column) without changing

the actual data. In Flash each array or column of an array is a separate

set of related variables.


The big big problem with your code is it is way over complicated.

The 8 digit date sequence shown is created just for ease of sorting or

indexing since you can order by using the complete number and the result

will be in date order. There is no need to separate the year, month and

day to do the sort (or indexing) routine just treat the whole string as

a single number. In Flash you don't even need to convert it to a number.


This date setup only works for dates from the year 1 to the year 9999 

:-)

It is important to maintian the 4 - 2 - 2 arrangement and include the

required placeholding zeros when the date string is compiled. i.e.

February 4, 866 would be 08660204. Unfortunately, most of these routines

are not made to be Year 10K compliant.


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