At 8:02 PM -0500 11/8/01, Raymond E. Griffith wrote: >> To get the results back in numeric order, after the combine try: >> >> sort lines of B numeric >> >This won't work. Suppose that that array A is [[ -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 >3 ]] and that the operation is "put A*A into B"
Ah -- sorry, I was just proposing that based on the specific case you offered. What you need is not a way to sort the results into numeric order, but into the order of the original keys. I think you're out of luck. > >The result should be [[ 16 9 4 1 0 1 4 9 ]] > >Also, consider two arrays with numeric nonordered data which are added >together. > >Sort numeric on the "combined" array would defeat the proper order. What we >need is a way to get the array to not mix up its keys upon "split", or else >to return the proper order upon "combine". > >But thanks! Any other suggestions? I'll think about it... gc Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
