[thelist] Sorting 2D Array in ColdFusion

[Raymond K. Camden]

Why not treat column 1 as a structure?

Ie,

struct["2303"] = 3
struct["..."] = x

Then you can simply use StructSort (new to CF 4.5.1 SP2) to sort the
structure.

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Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Allaire

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> Subject: [thelist] Sorting 2D Array in ColdFusion
>
>
> I need to sort values in a 2D ColdFusion array.
>
> By itself, this is a simple task, but it get's tricky. I'm
> converting a text
> file that looks like this...
>
> 2303,3
> 2390,1
> 2302,2
>
> ...into a 2D array that looks like this:
> col1 col2
> 2303 3
> 2390 1
> 2302 2
>
> My intent is to sort the values to look like this:
> col1 col2
> 2390 1
> 2302 2
> 2303 3
>
> I cannot use ArraySort(myArray[2]) because that will only sort col2.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I may have to back track a good distance and loosen my dependence on this
> data structure, but I can't think of an alternative just yet.
>
> Michael Buffington
> mike at price.com
> (714) 556-3890 x222
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