Array Sort VS UDT In PBDLL5

[Francis Beaulieu]

Why a syntax error??

Exemple:

Type NodeType
    NodesColl(128)  As String * 9
    Count           As Integer
End Type
Global LabNodes(10) As NodeType    
.
..
...
Array Sort LabNodes(5).NodesColl(), Descend
-> SYNTAX ERROR??!! <--

May be UDT aren't support by the Array Function in PB5?

[Lance Edmonds]

An array within a UDT is not like a conventional array - it functions more like a "table". As a result, the ARRAY statements do not work with array *within* UDT's.

One idea you could try to sort an array within a specific UDT member - use DIM...AT, then sort that array normally.

If I have time when I get back to my DEV PC, I'll try this out.


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[Michael Mattias]

You can only sort on a UDT member with ARRAY SORT using the FROM..TO option. To sort on the second field, you would need to speicfy FROM 10 to 11, the position of the member....
..BUT...

When you use FROM..TO.. the bytes are sorted as characters, which means numeric datatypes do not sort in numeric order.

You have two solutions:
1. Create a separate integer array, sort that and TAG along your UDT array.

2. Convert the integer to a character-sortable form. Do a search in the source code forum for "SSB" and you will find some functions to to this.

Method A is probably better in the Windows environment, as you do not suffer for lack of memory.

MCM
(inventor of SSB datatypes)

[Eric Pearson]

Michael --

Francis is trying to sort the elements of an array that is part of a UDT, not trying to sort an array of UDTs.

-- Eric

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[This message has been edited by Eric Pearson (edited February 12, 2000).]