Sorting an array

[Jose Lerebours]

I have developed filePro application since 1989 - Not bad considering 
that I migrated to US from DR in 1985.

I have walked away from filePro because of the mostly "negative" energy 
emitted via this list.  I do lurk and often feel the urge to respond and 
hold myself back in fear of the very thing that happened on my last "dare".

I coined the "Tip of the day" postings in the list only to be called out 
by a number of its members and as I faded, they started doing it themselves.

I enjoy writing code ... I enjoy solving problems ... I do not mind 
sharing what I think may be helpful to others but being called names, 
belittled and disrespected for doing so is a bit much for me - Like most 
filePro programmers, I'm just too old for BS and stress in my life.

Now back to lurking!


On 06/01/2016 03:00 PM, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list wrote:
> Jose,
>
> You have hit the nail on the head.
> I have been making a living with Fiepro for more than 30 years, and 
> this list stopped helping people a long time ago.
>
> As a community of people who need to find ways to expand our little 
> filepro world, we do not need haters and people who constantly 
> criticize others.
> If they are so smart, why can't they just offer a constructive idea?
> Some people just like to hear themselves talk.
>
> Just keep doing what you are doing Jose.  Maybe some members on this 
> list need help.
>
> BTW, no one on this list can cost me anything.  I do not depend on 
> it.  I just look for a few people who really need help and respond 
> off-list.
>
> Richard D. Williams
>
> On 6/1/2016 1:15 PM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list wrote:
>> My heart is simply pounding!
>>
>> No one in this "never" stuck his/her neck out for me  ;-)    and much 
>> less if it involved those that smashed my head in.
>>
>> Thank you!   I hope this does not come at a cost to you Richard ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/01/2016 02:03 PM, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> On 5/19/2016 2:00 PM, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>> On 5/18/2016 12:15 PM, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:
>>>> > I would like to be able to sort a 20 element array.
>>>> >
>>>> > Any suggestion as to how best to do this on a Windows machine?
>>>>
>>>> After all the discussion about overhead of external tools, I think 
>>>> a lot of this boils down to how often is this sort going to be done.
>>>>
>>>> There's a world of difference in sorting 20 items once, prior to 
>>>> running a million-record report, and once per record on a 
>>>> million-record report.
>>>>
>>> Wow. I read all the emails in this thread and frankly, it was a 
>>> waste of time.
>>> As usual, Mark had way too much to say that never addressed the 
>>> problem.
>>> Again, Jose was his target.
>>>
>>> In the end, Jose was right.
>>> The simplest solution is to create some temp file that could be used 
>>> for any number of elements in an array.
>>>
>>> If you have a simple one or two data sort, write out the original 
>>> element number, data one, and data two into this temp file.
>>> Make sure there is an index build on data one and data two in the 
>>> temp file.
>>> After you have finished writing to this temp file, read the data 
>>> back into a new array by that index.
>>> You can use the original element number to get the rest of the data 
>>> from the original array.
>>>
>>> Now replace the data elements in the original array wit the new 
>>> array and clear the new array and clear the temp file.
>>> I often use the user's "TTY"  (linux) to make that instance unique.
>>>
>>> Done!
>>>
>>> Richard D. Williams
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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