Hi!

Yep.

MyObjects(i,2) = padl(val(m.cObjValue),4,"0")+substr(m.cObjValue,len(val(m.cObjValue))+1)

This will make them all like
0001, 0002, 0002A, 0003, 0003A, 0003B, 0010, 0010A...etc.

and in character comparison it will be "0002"<"0010".

HTH.


>hi Vlad,
>
>i didn't use the asort() because I'm sorting something like:
>1, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 3B, 10, 10A...etc.
>
>since 2A 3A are valid, I cannot use integer but strings, but at the same time 10 must be larger than 2 that for string comparsion foxpro would think 2 is larger... I dunno how to fix this so I used a custom sorting..
>
>any idea?
>
>Jimi
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Any recursive function could be re-written to use a loop instead of recursive call.
>>
>>However, I'm wondered - WHY not use ASORT() function????????
>>dimension MyObjects(nObjectsCount,2)
>>for i=1 to nObjectsCount
>> MyObjects(i,1) = ... && some object reference
>> MyObjects(i,2) = ... && value used for comparison for sorting
>>endfor
>>
>>ASORT(MyObjects,2)
>>
>>And thats all.
>>This way should be MUCH more quick then just a custom sorting algorithm.
>>
>>HTH.
>>
>>Make array 2-dimensioned with 2 columns. One contains object reference. Another column contains value which you use for sorting. Then use ASORT(aArray,)
>>
>>>I have wrote a function to quick-sort' an array of objects, but when the array is a bit larger (~600), I receive an "Allowed DO nesting level exceeded." error message.
>>>
>>>I do not have any do-loop included in another do-loop, but maybe it still counted when a do-loop is included in my recursive function...
>>>
>>>Is it posible to remove this limitation, or must I rewrite my recursive function?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Jimi