Re: Sorting an array w/multiple fields

Scott:

I used what Alan Shore replied with except i used overlay (field:*Next) 
instead of specifying the starting pos

Use the following example

D                              ds
D      Myarray                                                   15
dim(10)
D      Field1                                                         5
overlay(myarray:1)
D      Field2                                                         5s 0
overlay(myarray:6)
D      Field3                                                         5
overlay(myarray:11)

then use

C                          sorta                     Myarray


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> I have the program written & using Sorta the results are not what I 
would
> have expected.  It sorts them -2, -4, -7, 0, 1, 4, 6   OK not sure why
> that is, but it does sort to some degree.

That's interesting.  It looks like it's sorting it as an unsigned binary 
integer.  Can we see a snippet that shows how you sorted this?  I'm just 
curious. AFIAK, you can't use SORTA to sort an array of data structures, 
but you did, somehow... I'm just curious how you made this work...