>>>>> "r00t" == r00t uk <[email protected]> writes:
r00t> I have a Dictionary object containing key value objects. I want to be
r00t> able to retrieve the key-values by sort order on the key field. Any
r00t> ideas or pointers would be greatly appreciated. At the moment
r00t> everything is being returned unsorted.
r00t> The key field is a year date and the value a URL to that year's archive.
This might be a bit perverse, but if you flatten the dictionary into
an OrderedCollection of Associations, you can sort those:
yourDictionary associations asSortedCollection do: [:each |
year := each key.
url := each value.
...
]
Browse the protocol of Association to know why #< does the right
thing for a sort.
There might be a far better way.. but I found this in a few minutes.
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