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On 2019-12-12 6:47 p.m., mlazarus wrote:
Barbara,
Good point. I had overlooked the varchar in the definition, as the OP
seemed to be more concerned about how to sort a corresponding array
based on more than one field.
If varchar was removed, would that technique sort properly by name and
manager?
Yes, I think so. Except that I think Booth wanted to sort by Manager
then Name, so the subfields would have to be reversed.
But I wouldn't use this technique, since it only works with such a
restricted set of data types. Or if I did, I'd add comments all over the
place warning other programmers (and the future me) against changing the
subfields to be varying length.
Even though qsort() seems like a pain, having to define another
procedure to do the comparison, it's straightforward once you know how.
I don't think anyone has posted a link to a qsort how-to yet in this
thread. Here's one that Jon Paris wrote:
https://www.itjungle.com/2012/01/25/fhg012512-story02/
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