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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:30:56 MST
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 11:35:03 -0700
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To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
From: Bob Alexander <bobalex@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Ordered tables
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Status: O
Just to add another thought (this is how I *think* things work, but I didn't
try it):
Sorting is done first by data type, then by order within type.
Structure-types like records and lists are sorted in order of their creation
(see p77,78 in the "red" Icon book). So... if you envelope all of the
table's values in the same type of record, then sort the table using one of
the "sort-values-not-keys" options, you can access the keys in creation-time
order.
-- Bob