Re: sort array with two columns

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

The only way I could think of is to add another field. I am assuming you
are thinking about something like "Smith, Mary", "Smith, Sam".

I have another solution but you would probably not be interested in it. On
www.think400.dk/downloads.htm I have utility called XVSRTQ to allows you to
build a sort key on any type you want and sort them using QSORT. Anyway,
something you might look at.


On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:20 PM Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This has to be easier than I am making it.
>
> Lets say I have field FirstName and field LastName with, say, 15 rows
> out of an array size of 100.
>
> I want users to be able to sort by:
>
>   * FirstName (A)
>   * FirstName (D)
>   * LastName (A)
>   * LastName (D)
>
> I can do that with sorta %subArr(field: 1: 15) and sorta(d)
> %subArr(field: 1: 15).
>
> However getting the complete first & last name to sort together is
> convoluted, so my guess is I am missing something simple.
>
>
>
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