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Not really sure what column 2 is supposed to be sorting by. The explanation is a bit vague and the sort doesn't seem to fit what I think it's saying.

 

BTW, wouldn't this be faster using an SQLite DB in memory?

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BrewManNH,

Sorry if the explanation was lacking. If you use a string, elements in that column will be sorted in the order set in the string. Im this case if you were to use just "ascending/descending" for column 2 then the strings would be ordered "P,Q,R,S / S,R,Q,P" - by using the string they are in fact ordered "S,Q,P,R". The idea is that if you use known strings as elements (e.g. "Male,Female,Unknown") you can order them as you wish and not necessarily in alpha/reverse alpha order. Clearer now? :)

And it could well be quicker using SQLite. But I wanted to do it in AutoIt and I will leave the other solution to jchd. ;)

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IMHO This is worthy of being included in Array.au3.

I have found one small error: if I code:

Local $sortSpecsAr[][] = [[$kNatGp,0],[$kIncl,0],[$kExcl,0],[$kUdf,0]]  ; all ascending
    if _ArrayMultiColSort($resultsAr,$sortSpecsAr)='' Then
        MsgBox(0,' _ArrayMultiColSort','@error = '&@error)
    EndIf

I see @error=0

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c.haslam,

If all goes well then @error should indeed be 0, but I have no way of telling if that is the case - what value for @‌error were you expecting?

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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Sorry for an incomplete post.

I was expecting success. You wrote:

; Return values .: Success: The sorted array
;                  Failure: An empty string with @error set as follows
;                            @error = 1 with @extended set as follows (all refer to $sIn_Date):
;                                1 = Array to be sorted not 2D
;                                2 = Sort data array not 2D
;                                3 = More data rows in $aSortData than columns in $aArray
;                                4 = Start beyond end of array
;                                5 = Start beyond End
;                            @error = 2 with @extended set as follows:
;                                1 = Invalid string parameter in $aSortData
;                                2 = Invalid sort direction parameter in $aSortData

So I expected the sorted array to be returned.

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The array is to be passed ByRef so it doesn't need to be "returned", strictly speaking.

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c.haslam.

As I stated above, if the @error returned is 0 then the function ran successfully - what you should do is test for that rather then the return value. I will look at perhaps changing the code and documentation a bit so that they match, but do remember that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
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ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
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[New Release] - 15 Sep 15

Changed: UDF can now sort columns in any order.

New files and zip in first post.

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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I'm wondering if this UDF can help me.

 

I have a 2D array and I'm ordering the items by one of the columns, lowest to high number. However some of the numbers are the same. I would like to then sort the rows by another column, so if several of the entries into the array rows in the column I'm sorting are "2", I'd then like to sort these rows by another column.

Is this what your UDF does? Or is there is a very simple solution that I can use to action my requirements?

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Bizzaro,

Is this what your UDF does?

Try it and see - you should find that it does exactly what you want.

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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Just for note - added here:
https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/User_Defined_Functions#Misc

 

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Bizzaro.

Her is a short example doing what you require:

#include <Array.au3>
#include <ArrayMultiColSort.au3>

Global $aOrg[20][2]

For $i = 0 To 19
    $aOrg[$i][0] = Random(1, 9, 1)
    $aOrg[$i][1] = Random(1, 9, 1)
Next

_ArrayDisplay($aOrg, "Original", Default, 8)

Global $aSortData[][] = [[0, 0], [1, 0]]

_ArrayMultiColSort($aOrg, $aSortData)

_ArrayDisplay($aOrg, "Multi Sorted", Default, 8)

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ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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I love this, but I've hit a snag in my latest usage of it.

In ascending sorting I have 9 being set above 10,11,12,etc...

I think I understand the issue as I have seen it in other things.

I was wondering if there were any solution?

Thank you for your time.

 

EDIT:

I have realized that I can correct the problem externally in NP++, however this isn't viable for the full sized files as they are thousands of entries long so I'd have to add 0's to the front of every number in the sorting columns with fewer digits than the larger number. It would be nice if this could be done internally with the results matching the original format.

I have no idea how hard this would be as I have no idea how to do it on my own in an infinite manner let alone integrate it into a function I don't understand.

Again, thank you for your time.

 

Edit 2:

I have tested and have found the issue I think. Please forgive my poor terminology, but I think this sorts like you would alphabetize words. Compare the first digits ignoring any digits after that. A 9 is greater than 10 because It only seems to look at 9 and 1 and 9 is greater than 1 so the 0 in 10 is ignored. To solve this you can pad the sorting columns with preceding zeros 09 will be less than 10 because 0 is less than 1. As such I have write a poorly designed  thing to automatically pad a column, though I am still making it procedural so any columns can be padded and the padding maybe left behind in the output. I can't say for sure on this last point as I have yet to complete a test of a final project.

On another note while I did write my bit to compensate for negatives, turning -9 into -09 and not 0-9, the original UDF does not seem to support negative numbers properly as far as I can tell.

All of this is based purely off of my minimal observations and testing with extremely limited understanding of the original UDF's inner workings. I would like apologize for any mistakes I have made in the process.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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#include <ArrayMultiColSort.au3>

#Region Init
;Source data to be sorted, any 2D array.
Local $testfilearray1[3][3] = [["123", "321", "-1"], ["123", "-31", "13"], ["123", "-321", "-12"]]
;Must come anywhere after line above, but before loops below.
Local $testsize = UBound($testfilearray1) - 1
;Must predetermine the sorting format.
Global $aSortData[][] = [[1, 0], [2, 0]]
#EndRegion Init


#Region Add Pad
;Sorry, I'd explain, but even after only a few hours, I've already forgotten whay most of this does.
Local $col1max = _ArrayMax($testfilearray1, 1, -1, -1, 1)
Local $col2max = _ArrayMax($testfilearray1, 1, -1, -1, 2)
Local $col1maxdig = StringLen($col1max)
Local $col2maxdig = StringLen($col2max)
Local $sorttotalcount = UBound($aSortData) - 1
For $sortcount = 0 To $sorttotalcount Step 1
    Local $colnum = $aSortData[$sortcount][0]
    For $testfilerownum2 = 0 To $testsize Step 1
        Local $neg1 = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "")
        If $neg1[1] = "-" Then
            Local $neg1testfile = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "-")
            Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($neg1testfile[2])
        Else
            Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum])
        EndIf
        While $testcol1dig < $col1maxdig
            Local $neg1 = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "")
            If $neg1[1] = "-" Then
                Local $neg1testfile = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "-")
                $testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum] = "-0" & $neg1testfile[2]
                Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($neg1testfile[2])
            Else
                $testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum] = "0" & $testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum]
                Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum])
            EndIf
            Local $neg1 = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "")
            If $neg1[1] = "-" Then
                Local $neg1testfile = StringSplit($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum], "-")
                Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($neg1testfile[2])
            Else
                Local $testcol1dig = StringLen($testfilearray1[$testfilerownum2][$colnum])
            EndIf
        WEnd
    Next
Next
_ArrayDisplay($testfilearray1, "$testfilearray1")
#EndRegion Add Pad

;Now take the array and plug it into _ArrayMultiColSort($testfilearray1, $aSortData)

This is my procedural padding thing, it's technically not a UDF.

If this shouldn't be here, just ask. I'll try to remove it in a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks for your time.

 

EDIT:

On a side note, why does the syntax highlighter not work on my post?

 

EDIT 2:

Please read the next page.

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