heres what i'm trying to do The app i'm building has to integrate with staffware (a workflow program), it does this through a coded text file e.g. CHPART_DISC,50% COLLAB, Y CP_IADMN, N
Theres around 220 elements in total, all elements must be present in the textfile even if the values are blank. As the user progresses through the app, his selections are recorded in a structure (with the structure keys representing the staffware code, as above). Depending on the process/selections of the user the content of the structure at the end will change. e.g. he might only have CHPART_DISC,50% COLLAB, Y I have a textfile listing all the required files which i have stored in a structure with all the values blank, basically cause i wanted to use the structure functions. At the end to make sure the structure has the required content, I loop over the example structure adding the blank values where necessary. e.g. from the above example he would end up with CHPART_DISC,50% COLLAB,Y CP_IADMN*, *repeated per required field The possible problem i'm looking at is that the example provided is not aplhabetically sorted but the textfile i produced by looping over my finished structure as writing to a textfile always is (unless i write it individually per key, all 200+ !!). I'm testing the textfile input later today, so i was just hoping there might be a way to stop the structure alphabetically sorting, just in case staffware needs the textfile to be in the same order hope that explains it a bit better Mark -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 April 2002 11:07 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Structure Sorting > Of course, coldfusion has to loop over the keys a certain way. It does it alphabetically, > but that is just the way it is done. If they do it some other way in MX, you can't complain > because structures are NOT oredered. > Pascal. why does Coldfusion have to loop over the keys in a certain way? The easiest way would be to display them in the order that they are entered into the structure, not going out of its way to order them alphabetically, which, incidentally, is exactly what its doing. I just had a play with Mark's code and for whatever reason, whether you return the key list, cfdump the struct variable or loop through the collection, the list of keys always returns in alphabetic order. Mark, It shouldn't really matter what order the keys are returned in, because that's only a reference to the contents the key is storing. If the keys ("D, C, B, A") are actually the content then I suspect you may be getting the wrong end of the stick with structures and, as Pascal says, you probably should be using arrays. Hope that helps Regards Stephen ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
