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┴┬├ ╙╧╥╘
╫RITTEN BY: ╥.╫. ╦OBER
╞ROM AN ╔DEA BY: ╥.╟. ╟ORE
┴┬├ ╙╧╥╘ IS A SIMPLE PROGRAM THAT
FACILITATES COMPILING A LIST. ╘HE LIST
CAN BE UP TO 1000 ENTRIES IN LENGTH,
AND MAY BE EDITED, ADDED TO, SORTED
ALPHABETICALLY, AND SAVED TO DISK. ┴
PROVISION FOR HARD COPY PRINT-OUT IS
ALSO INCLUDED. (╘HE NUMBER OF ENTRIES
ALLOWED PER LIST MAY BE INCREASED BY
CHANGING THE ┴┴$ DIMENSION IN LINE
60, BUT THE PRACTICAL LIMIT IS 2000 TO
4000).
╘HERE ARE TWO ═╠ ROUTINES INCLUDED
FOR SPEED IN SORTING AND READING THE
FILE DIRECTORY ON THE DISK.
╘HE PROGRAM IS MENU DRIVEN AND
USER-FRIENDLY. ╔F THE USER SELECTS
SOMETHING HE REALLY DOESN'T WANT,
ENTERING THE POUND SIGN (\) AT ANY
PROMPT WILL RETURN TO THE MENU WITH
NO HARM DONE.
╔T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ─┼╠┼╘┼
FUNCTION DOES NOT ╥┼┴╠╠┘ DELETE AN
ENTRY. ╔T MERELY TREATS THAT ENTRY AS
IF IT WERE EMPTY. ╫HEN YOU LIST YOUR
DATA, ANY DELETED ENTRIES WILL SHOW UP
AS A BLANK. ╧NLY WHEN YOU ╙┴╓┼ YOUR
LIST AND ╠╧┴─ IT BACK IN DO YOU TRULY
DELETE AN ENTRY.
╘HE LISTS ARE SAVED TO DISK AS ╒╙╥
FILES AND CAN HAVE NAMES UP TO FIFTEEN
(15) CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. ╘HE LEFT
BRACKET ('[') IS AUTOMATICALLY ADDED
AS THE FIRST CHARACTER OF THE
FILENAME. ╘HIS '[' IS ADDED BY THE
PROGRAM, AND THE USER NEED NOT BE AT
ALL CONCERNED ABOUT IT. ╘HIS NAMING
CONVENTION GIVES THE ROUTINE THAT
LISTS THE FILES FROM THE DISK A '╞╠┴╟'
THAT DESIGNATES THE FILE AS ONE TO
LIST FROM WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
╘WO TEST FILES ARE INCLUDED ON THIS
ISSUE OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ FOR DEMONSTRATION.
╘HE FILE NAMES ARE: '┬╧┘╙ ╬┴═┼╙' AND
'╟╔╥╠╙ ╬┴═┼╙'
╘HE PROGRAM IS WRITTEN IN ┬┴╙╔├,
WITH MANY ╥┼═ STATEMENTS TO ALLOW THE
USER TO UNDERSTAND AND MODIFY IT.
α
╔F YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER, THEN YOU
SHOULD CHECK OUT THE SORT ROUTINE
╔T IS IN MACHINE LANGUAGE AND VERY
FAST! ╘O ALLOW YOU TO EASILY USE THE
SORT, IT HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE
┴┬├.╙╧╥╘ PROGRAM AND SAVED AS A
SEPARATE FILE. ╔T CONSISTS OF SOME
DATA THAT IS ╨╧╦┼D INTO MEMORY.
╘O USE THE SORT IN YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS, SIMPLY ADD YOUR PROGRAM TO
THE SORT ROUTINE. ┴LL THE DATA TO BE
SORTED SHOULD BE IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL
STRING ARRAY (THE NAME OF THE ARRAY
DOES ╬╧╘ MATTER). ╫HEN YOU HAVE ALL
YOUR DATA IN YOUR ARRAY, THE FOLLOWING
COMMAND WILL EXECUTE A SORT:
╙┘╙ 49152,N,NAME$(X)
WHERE 'N' IS THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTS TO
SORT, STARTING AT THE ELEMENT YOU
SPECIFY WITH NAME$(X). ╘HEREFORE, IF
YOU WANT TO SORT A FEW ITEMS IN THE
ARRAY ┌┼┬╥┴$ AND YOU ONLY WANT TO
SORT ELEMENTS 5 THROUGH 10, THEN
THE CALL WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
╙┘╙ 49152,6,┌┼┬╥┴$(5)
! !
! !
HOW MANY ---² φ--- STARTING AT
TO SORT ELEMENT 5
╫HEN THE MACHINE-LANGUAGE SORT
ROUTINE IS FINISHED, IT WILL RETURN
CONTROL TO YOUR ┬┴╙╔├ PROGRAM AND YOUR
ARRAY (OR PARTIAL ARRAY) WILL BE
SORTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
╔T IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO KEEP
YOUR PARAMETERS IN THE CORRECT RANGE
WHEN USING THIS SORT. ╔N OTHER WORDS,
IF YOU WANT TO SORT AN ARRAY THAT IS
─╔═ENSIONED TO HAVE 110 ELEMENTS, THEN
─╧╬'╘ TRY TO SORT 112 ELEMENTS! ┴LSO,
DO NOT TRY TO SORT A TWO-DIMENSIONAL
ARRAY. ┴ND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, DON'T
TRY TO SORT ANY KIND OF ARRAY OTHER
THAN STRING.
╘HE DATA FOR THE SORT ROUTINE IS
╙┴╓┼D ON ╙IDE 1 OF THIS ISSUE OF
╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥. ╔T HAS THE NAME OF
'╙╧╥╘.╬┴╦┼─'.
>╞ILES USED: ┴┬├.╙╧╥╘
╙╧╥╘.╬┴╦┼─ <SORT ROUTINE>
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