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| − | The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>. The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>. The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element. | + | The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>. The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>. The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element. If <expN3> is specified as a non-zero value, then the array is sorted in reverse order. |
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Revision as of 01:57, 17 November 2009
Purpose
Function to sort the elements of a specified array
Syntax
ASORT(<array> [,<expN1>, [<expN2> [, <expN3> ] ])
See Also
AADD(), AAVERAGE(), ABROWSE(), ACHOICE(), ACOL(), ACOPY(), ADEL(), ADESC(), ADIR(), AELEMENT(), AFIELDS(), AFILL(), AINS(), ALEN(), AMAX(), AMIN(), APPEND FROM ARRAY, AROW(), ARRAY(), ASCAN(), ASIZE(), ASTORE(), ASTRING(), ASUBSCRIPT(), ASUM(), COPY TO ARRAY, DECLARE, DIMENSION, GATHER, IN_ARRAY(), LOCAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RELEASE, RESTORE, SAVE, SCATTER
Description
The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>. The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>. The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element. If <expN3> is specified as a non-zero value, then the array is sorted in reverse order.
Example
use accounts declare names[reccount(),1] copy to array names fields company asort(names)
Products
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
