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I used what Alan Shore replied with except i used overlay (field:*Next) instead of specifying the starting pos
I thought you were using an array of data structures? Didn't you say that, or did I dream it? Must be the latter. SORTA is very easy to use on an "overlay array", as Alan pointed out.
I don't understand why that would yield the results that you posted, though! I tested your claim by running the following code:
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D ds
D myArray dim(7)
D Field1 5 overlay(myArray:*NEXT)
D Field2 5s 0 overlay(myArray:*NEXT)
D Field3 5 overlay(myArray:*NEXT)
D x s 10I 0
/free
Field2(1) = 6;
Field2(2) = 0;
Field2(3) = -4;
Field2(4) = 4;
Field2(5) = -2;
Field2(6) = 1;
Field2(7) = -7;
sorta Field2;
for x = 1 to %elem(field2);
dsply ( %char(x) + ': ' + %char(Field2(x)) );
endfor;
*inlr = *on;
/end-free
When I run this, it gives me -7,-4,-2,0,1,4,6, as you'd expect. But when
you posted your results, the negative numbers weren't in the right order.
So, why does mine work, and yours not?
Maybe a PTF issue?
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