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==Description==
The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>.  The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>.  The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element.
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The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>.  The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>.  The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element. If <expN3> is specified as a non-zero value, then the array is sorted in reverse order.
 
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==Example==
 
==Example==

Revision as of 01:57, 17 November 2009

Purpose

Function to sort the elements of a specified array


Syntax

ASORT(<array> [,<expN1>, [<expN2> [, <expN3> ] ])

See Also

AADD(), AAVERAGE(), ABROWSE(), ACHOICE(), ACOL(), ACOPY(), ADEL(), ADESC(), ADIR(), AELEMENT(), AFIELDS(), AFILL(), AINS(), ALEN(), AMAX(), AMIN(), APPEND FROM ARRAY, AROW(), ARRAY(), ASCAN(), ASIZE(), ASTORE(), ASTRING(), ASUBSCRIPT(), ASUM(), COPY TO ARRAY, DECLARE, DIMENSION, GATHER, IN_ARRAY(), LOCAL, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, RELEASE, RESTORE, SAVE, SCATTER


Description

The ASORT() function sorts all the character elements in the specified <array>. The sort can start at element <expN1> and finish at element <expN2>. The ASORT() function will stop sorting when it finds a non-character element. If <expN3> is specified as a non-zero value, then the array is sorted in reverse order.

Example

use accounts
declare names[reccount(),1]
copy to array names fields company
asort(names)


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer