Re: How to sort a list in VAX BASIC

From: Bob Koehler (koehler_at_eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org)
Date: 05/30/03 

Date: 30 May 2003 12:27:59 -0500

In article <d7d0c297.0305300724.19528149@posting.google.com>, vibroplex@mindspring.com (Derek Cohn/WB0TUA) writes:
> Hi Friends,
>
> I have a VAX Basic program that loads data into a one dimensional
> array (a list). After I load the data into the array, I would like to
> sort it before reading it. I looked in the VAX Basic documentation
> and couldn't find anything resembling a BASIC command that sorts.
>
> Can any of you recommend a command that will allow me to order the
> data in the list (ascending order) before reading it and handling it
> further?

   I thought writing a sort was still programming 101. It was just
   part of one homework problem I assigned when I taught an inhouse
   C for Fortran programmers course.

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