Sorting numbers with strings

[MysticVegeta]

err. I came across this, Ok, suppose i have something like this

Height Name

123 Me
234 You
213 Someone
789 Friend

Now if I want to sort them, I can sort the numbers for example:

123
213
234
789

but the problem asks for the names with them:

123 Me
213 Someone
234 You
789 Friend

Can some1 help?

[zylum]

i beleive you can just sort the list like any other string and it will come out in ascending order...

[jamonathin]

if all else fails, just put the two in two different arrays, and match em up.

[MysticVegeta]

I thought of that but how do i match em up. I mean i know how to match :

code:

for x : 1..upper(one)      for s : 1..upper(two)            if one(s) = two(s) then            do blah            end if      end for end for

but one is int and the other is string. any example?

[jamonathin]

After you're done sorting the numbers, just display them side by side . .

code:

var score : array 1 .. 4 of int := init (123, 234, 213, 789) var name : array 1 .. 4 of string := init ("Me", "You", "Someone", "Friend") for i : 1 .. 4     put score (i), " ", name (i) end for

[zylum]

you can sort *but* you have to ensure that all the numbers are of the same length by adding leading zeros. otherwise youre gonna have to split the array into 2 different ones and sort the numbers... when you swap 2 numebrs, swap the names aswell, then add the 2 arrays back together...

[MysticVegeta]

i c what you mean, i will try to take it on from here. Thanks