Re: Sort of a Data Structure Array... Idea

[cozzi@xxxxxxxxx]

Hans,

Sorry perhaps my memory had a V5.3 feature confused with something
else we've discussed on-line before.

-Bob


> 
> Bob Cozzi wrote:
> > If you don't want to use QSort, you might want to wait for V5R3.
> > The problem with that technique is that is sorts all 5000
elements
> > regardless of how many are actually in the array at the time. So
> you could
> > potential end up with a bunch of crap at the start of the array.
> > I wrote an article on using QSORT to sort data structures (and
> showed how to
> > apply that to a subfile) in my free news letter. 
> > Go to www.mcpressonline.com/midrangedev and click on the article
> that
> > contains the phrase "Subfile sort".
> > Bob Cozzi
> > 
> 
> Bob: Why would you wait for V5R3? Is there something in V5R3 that
> might 
> help someone sorting an array data structure? (Answer: no)
> 
> The C run-time library function qsort() is a good choice prior to
> the 
> day (who knows when?) when SORTA can handle array data structures.
> And 
> probably more efficient too than SORTA. Currently, SORTA uses a
> shell 
> sort. Although reasonably good, it's not as good as the quick sort 
> algorithm used by qsort().
> 
> Cheers! Hans
> 
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