Re: Sort value pairs in a list by integer
Re: Sort value pairs in a list by integer
- Subject: Re: Sort value pairs in a list by integer
- From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 11:35:12 +0200
At 4:21 AM -0500 01/07/03, Joseph Weaks wrote:
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I can't get my head around this. I have a list that might contain between 5 to 10 pairs of values:
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set foobar to {"foo", 15, "bar", 6, "boo", 2, "far", 19}
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The numbers "go with" the preceding string and I want to return a list sorted in descending order by the integer value. ie. the result should be
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sortIt(foobar)
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-- {"far", 19, "foo", 15, "bar", 6, "boo", 2}
Here is what I would do.
- split the list into two lists (use a loop)
- tweak the "sort" handler that is provided in Smile (ask me for more details on this) or any other "sort" handler that you may find elsewhere so that it handle sorting two lists according to the order found in one
- use that "sort" handler, and finally make the two lists into one.
Below I publish my "sort2Lists" handler, which does what I say above, I think (I've not tested it much).
You have to convert it back from hexa to string (in Smile, cmd-shift-G).
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456D6D616E75656C oops Emmanuel
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