RE: [flexcoders] Problem with Sorting

[Deepa Subramaniam]

The SortField objects take the name of the field in the object to be sorted as a String – so your dot _expression_ will not work.   What you can do is write a custom compareFunction for your Sort object. A compareFunction takes two objects and returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on which order the two objects should be sorted. The ASDoc for Sort.compareFunction has the function signature and a good example so check that out for more info.   Your custom compareFunction can access top-level and sub-properties on each object and then sort accordingly.   -deepa   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dreuimar Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:44 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Problem with Sorting   Hey everyone, I have an array collection of Industry objects which are all sub-industries. Each industry object has as a property a parent industry (of datatype Industry); Industry VO contains properties: industryId : int; parent : Industry; name : String; I want to sort the array by the parent industry first, and then the children industries names. I was going to do something like: var sort : Sort = new Sort(); sort.fields = [ new SortField("parent.name", true), new SortField("name", true) ]; ...but this isn't working. Is there any way of going deeper than just immediate properties for a sortfield? Brennan __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Software development tool Software development Software development services Home design software Software development company YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___