sort an array

[Fairlight]

Why use a temporary file?  That's extra overhead and lost speed.  Just use
a second array with any of the countless sorting algorithms.

Doing something is RAM will always be faster than going to disk.

m->

On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 10:26:38AM -0500, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> Dave,
> 
> I don't know of any function in FP that will sort an array.
> 
> What I do is write the array data out to a temporary file that has
> an index built in the correct order,
> clear the array, reach back into the temporary file, and fill the
> array again.
> 
> You can use the tty as a unique identifier for each instance.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> On 6/5/2018 9:28 AM, davidrottkamp via Filepro-list wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >Is there a way to sort an array made inside filepro
> >
> >version
> >
> >linux
> >
> >
> 
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