Re: Sorting an array ascending and descending -- MIDRANGE-L

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Thanks Luis,

Yes we have used that method of 9's compliment previously.

Just putting it out there to see if there was any better way.

We can do it with

field.numeric <== Set this to 9999999999 - numeric value
field.alpha <== Set this to the alpha value

Sort the array ascending

Then processing the array in sequence will result in descending
field.numeric and ascending field.alpha

Setting numeric = 9999999999 - field.numeric to get back to the original
value

Appreciate the response.

Don

From: "Luis Rodriguez" <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/02/2020 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Sorting an array ascending and descending
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Don,

Could you add another numeric field (10, 0) to your array, for sorting
purposes?

In this case, if you write "sort.field" as the result of 9999999999 –
field.numeric and then sort by:

sort.field
field.alpha

Your array would have (I think) the order you need.

HTH,

Luis

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