Array Sort problem

[Billy Scherz]

I'm trying a sort a mailling list. The code below works on trivial amounts
of data, on larger sets the namearray outputs correctly but the mailarray
is corrupt. Free memory is 285,024 bytes before the REDIM statements.

TYPE MailHeader
NumIn AS LONG
NumSort AS LONG
DefCity AS STRING * 15
DefState AS STRING * 2
DefZip AS STRING * 5
DefSuf AS STRING * 25
Junk AS STRING * 45
END TYPE

TYPE MailRecord
FullName AS STRING * 25
Address AS STRING * 30
City AS STRING * 15
State AS STRING * 2
Zip AS STRING * 9
Code AS STRING * 1
Deleted AS STRING * 1
Acct AS STRING * 6
EntryDate AS INTEGER
Junk AS STRING * 9
END TYPE

DIM NameArray(1) AS STRING * 25
DIM HUGE MailArray(1) AS MailRecord

IF FRE(-1) > ((LEN(MailArray(1).FullName) * MailH.NumIn) + (LEN(MailArray(1)) * MailH.NumIn)) THEN
REDIM NameArray (MailH.NumIn)
REDIM MailArray (MailH.NumIn)
i = 1
j = 1
WHILE i <= MailH.NumIn
CALL ReadRecord(FileNum,"",VARPTR32(MailArray(j)),i+1,LEN(MailArray(1)),%rNone)
IF MailArray(j).Deleted <> "Y" THEN
NameArray(j) = MailArray(j).FullName
INCR j
END IF
INCR i
WEND
MailH.NumSort = j - 1
MailH.NumIn = MailH.NumSort
CALL WriteRecord(FileNum,"",VARPTR32(MailH),1,LEN(MailH),%rNone)
TempFileNum = OpenFile ("Nametest.dat",3,3,1,25) 'Only used for debugging
REDIM PRESERVE NameArray(MailH.NumSort)
REDIM PRESERVE MailArray(MailH.NumSort)
ARRAY SORT NameArray() ,COLLATE UCASE ,TAGARRAY MailArray()
FOR i = 1 TO MailH.NumIn
CALL WriteRecord(TempFileNum,"",VARPTR32(Namearray(i)),i,25,%rNone)
CALL WriteRecord(FileNum,"",VARPTR32(MailArray(i)),i+1,LEN(MailArray(1)),%rNone)
NEXT
CloseFile TempFileNum
SETEOF #FileNum
ERASE NameArray,MailArray
END IF


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[Lance Edmonds]

It's not really possible to determine the problem from your snippet without being able to exactly duplicate the results.

Please ZIP and email the complete test code and data files to Tech Support and we'll take a look.

Thanks!


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[Don Schullian]

Lance,

This sounds familiar!!!!



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C'ya
d83

[Michael Mattias]

[b]DIM HUGE MailArray(1) AS MailRecord[/b]
IF FRE(-1) > ((LEN(MailArray(1).FullName) * MailH.NumIn) + (LEN(MailArray(1)) * MailH.NumIn)) THEN
  REDIM NameArray (MailH.NumIn)
  [b]REDIM MailArray (MailH.NumIn)[/b]

Unless I remember incorrectly, either an array is HUGE or it ain't and you can't switch back and forth like this without getting strange results..

MCM




[This message has been edited by Michael Mattias (edited December 11, 2002).]

[Lance Edmonds]

REDIM does not change the array type, so that is not the problem here.

In my brief tests, the size of the HUGE tagarray is possibly the cause of the problem, but I have yet to see and test the actual code.



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[Billy Scherz]

Here's the code w/o all the library routines, still produces the same output as the
full program.

$CPU 80386
$COMPILE EXE
$ERROR ALL ON
$OPTIMIZE SIZE
$LIB ALL OFF
$STACK 5120
OPTION BASE 1

TYPE MailHeader
  NumIn    AS LONG
  NumSort  AS LONG
  DefCity  AS STRING * 15
  DefState AS STRING * 2
  DefZip   AS STRING * 5
  DefSuf   AS STRING * 25
  Junk     AS STRING * 45
END TYPE

TYPE MailRecord
  FullName  AS STRING * 25
  Address   AS STRING * 30
  City      AS STRING * 15
  State     AS STRING * 2
  Zip       AS STRING * 9
  Code      AS STRING * 1
  Deleted   AS STRING * 1
  Acct      AS STRING * 6
  EntryDate AS INTEGER
  Junk      AS STRING * 9
END TYPE

DIM FileName AS STRING,FileNum AS INTEGER,i AS LONG,j AS LONG
DIM TempFileName AS STRING,TempFileNum AS INTEGER
DIM MailH AS MailHeader
DIM NameArray(1) AS STRING * 25
DIM HUGE MailArray(1) AS MailRecord

FileName = "ADCMAIL" + COMMAND$ + ".DAT"
FileNum = FREEFILE

OPEN FileName FOR RANDOM ACCESS READ WRITE SHARED AS FileNum LEN = LEN(MailH)
GET #FileNum, 1, MailH

IF FRE(-1) > ((LEN(MailArray(1).FullName) * MailH.NumIn) + (LEN(MailArray(1)) * MailH.NumIn)) THEN
  PRINT "Free Memory " + STR$(FRE(-1))
  REDIM NameArray (MailH.NumIn)
  REDIM MailArray (MailH.NumIn)
  i = 1
  j = 1
  WHILE i <= MailH.NumIn
    GET #FileNum, i+1, MailArray(j)
    IF MailArray(j).Deleted <> "Y" THEN
      NameArray(j) = MailArray(j).FullName
      INCR j
    END IF
    INCR i
  WEND
  MailH.NumSort = j - 1
  MailH.NumIn = MailH.NumSort
  PUT #FileNum, 1, MailH
  TempFileName = "NAMETEST.DAT"
  TempFileNum = FREEFILE
  OPEN TempFileName FOR RANDOM ACCESS READ WRITE SHARED AS TempFileNum LEN = LEN(MailArray(1).FullName)
  REDIM PRESERVE NameArray(MailH.NumSort)
  REDIM PRESERVE MailArray(MailH.NumSort)
  ARRAY SORT NameArray() ,COLLATE UCASE ,TAGARRAY MailArray()
  FOR i = 1 TO MailH.NumIn
    PUT #TempFileNum, i, NameArray(i)
    PUT #FileNum, i+1, MailArray(i)
  NEXT
  CLOSE
ELSE
  PRINT "Not enough memory"
END IF

[Lance Edmonds]

Thanks Billy. The ZIP you sent to Tech Support is just fine as it contained the actual test data to complement the code.

Thanks again!


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