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Article #3907Re: Sorting Algorithm Needed
From: ac999239
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:39
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:39
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> Does anyone have an algorithm in Pascal that sorts names/words > alphabetically? I would like one that does items that are three (3) words > in length, such as 'Firstname Middlename Lastname.' It may be a simple > algorithm but being a programmer who has not done much programming, I have > not figured it out yet. I assume you are using a record to hold the names and I assume you want it sorted by last name? Basically just get a sorting algorithm out of any book and do the comparison test on the lastname element of the record, but then swap the entire record with another if the algorithm calls for it. Having an array of this record type is also useful. There are so many sorting algorithms out there and alot of books flat out give you the coding for some of them. If your library has the book titled PASCAL by Koffman that has lots of examples on sorting algorithms.
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!umbc8.umbc.edu!ac999239 From: ac999239@umbc8.umbc.edu (ac999239) Subject: Re: Sorting Algorithm Needed Message-ID: <1992Dec23.233932.23794@umbc3.umbc.edu> Sender: newspost@umbc3.umbc.edu (News posting account) Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus References: <D3H1VB1w164w@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:39:32 GMT Lines: 14