Greg - While not an elegant sort solution, you could do something like this (I'm assuming you want a list of grade frequencies as your end result):
gradeLevels = "A+,A,A-,B+,..." repeat for each item X in gradeLevels put return & freqArray[X] after gradeFreqs end repeat Hope this helps... Regards, Dave Tremmel >Hi Everyone, > > I've created a neat little function that calculates stats and a >distribution for test grades very quickly. To create a frequency >distribution of letter grades (how many A's, B's, C's, and so on), I use >an associative array where the keys are A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, ..., F, and >I just plunk number grades into each element according to my conversion >criteria. > > My problem is that when I put the keys into a variable, say, Distn, >and sort it, it comes out as > > A > A+ > A- > > rather than > > A+ > A > A- > > which still represents the correct frquencies but is not convenient >to read. Is there a handy trick to sorting Distn to get the order I >want? I've tried to precede each key by a number ( 1 A+, 2 A, 3 A-, >...) and sort it, but I get gobbledeegoop. > > Regards, > > Greg > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Gregory Lypny >Associate Professor >Concordia University >____________________________________________________________ >"They had the best selection, > The were poisoned by protection, > There was nothing that they needed, > They had nothing left to find." > - Neil Young > > >E-mail forum: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Visit Pareto at http://rubbersoul.concordia.ca >Visit Borsa at http://rubbersoul.concordia.ca/Borsa_Classroom >Crash site for notes and quizzes at >http://homepage.mac.com/gregorylypny/FileSharing1.html > > >_______________________________________________ >metacard mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard -- David Tremmel Assistant Director, National Phytotron Duke University Phytotron Bldg. Phone: (919) 660-7415 Box 90340 FAX: (919) 660-7425 Durham, NC 27708-0340 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
