Sorting an array

Wed Jun 1 12:20:13 PDT 2016

I don't know why but developers like Esak, JP and I, like many other 
seem to have fairly
large egos and chose filePro back in the early 80's. I guess like minds 
or something. The
flame wars on Compuserve in the 80's were always entertaining. We all 
just can't seem
to come to understand how self-absorbed we are and it appears to be 
getting worse
as we get old and grumpier!
:-)

On 6/1/2016 2:12 PM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list wrote:
> 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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