Sort Whole Or Part Of 2 Dim String Array

[Steve Bouffe]

FUNCTION Two_Dimension_String_ARRAY_SORT( AR( ) AS STRING, BYVAL Sort_ColNum AS LONG, BYVAL R_Start AS LONG, BYVAL R_End AS LONG, BYVAL C_Start AS LONG, BYVAL C_End AS LONG, BYVAL Row_Number_Location AS LONG, BYVAL ASCEND_DESCEND AS BYTE ) AS LONG
	'
	' Call Function With AR( ) To Sort
	' Sort_ColNum : Column To Perform Sortation On
	' R_Start : Row Starting Position In AR( )
	' R_End   : Row Ending Position In AR( )
	' C_Start : Column Starting Position In AR( )
	' C_End   : Column Ending Position In AR( )
	' Row_Number_Location : FUNCTION = New Position Of The Row Requested
	' ASCEND_DESCEND : %Ascending or %Descending As Required
	
	LOCAL TL1 AS LONG
	LOCAL TL2 AS LONG
	'
	DIM Copy_Array( R_Start TO R_End, C_Start TO C_End ) AS STRING
	DIM Copy_Array_Sort( R_Start TO R_End ) AS STRING
	DIM Copy_Array_Sort_Index( R_Start TO R_End ) AS LONG
	'
	FOR TL1 = R_Start TO R_End
		Copy_Array_Sort_Index( TL1 ) = TL1
		Copy_Array_Sort( TL1 ) = AR( TL1, Sort_ColNum )
		FOR TL2 = C_Start TO C_End
			Copy_Array( TL1, TL2 ) = AR( TL1, TL2 )
		NEXT TL2
	NEXT TL1
	'
	IF ASCEND_DESCEND = 1 THEN
		ARRAY SORT Copy_Array_Sort( ), COLLATE UCASE, TAGARRAY Copy_Array_Sort_Index( ), DESCEND
	ELSE
		ARRAY SORT Copy_Array_Sort( ), COLLATE UCASE, TAGARRAY Copy_Array_Sort_Index( ), ASCEND
	END IF
	'
	FOR TL1 = R_Start TO R_End
		FOR TL2 = C_Start TO C_End
			AR( TL1, TL2 ) = Copy_Array( Copy_Array_Sort_Index( TL1 ), TL2 )
		NEXT TL2
	NEXT TL1
	'
	ARRAY SCAN Copy_Array_Sort_Index( ), = Row_Number_Location, TO TL1
	'
	FUNCTION = TL1
	'
END FUNCTION

[Steve Bouffe]

This function works on arrays with more than 2 columns

Function Renamed

FUNCTION Multi_Dimension_String_ARRAY_SORT( AR( ) AS STRING, BYVAL Sort_ColNum AS LONG, BYVAL R_Start AS LONG, BYVAL R_End AS LONG, BYVAL C_Start AS LONG, BYVAL C_End AS LONG, BYVAL Row_Number_Location AS LONG, BYVAL ASCEND_DESCEND AS BYTE ) AS LONG