[Jprogramming] Multi sort

[Raul Miller]

On 5/17/07, Roger Hui <rhui000 at shaw.ca> wrote:
> What if the argument is not numeric?

I would use numeric placeholders.

For character arguments, that's fairly simple -- I could
use a.i.]

For boxed arguments, that's a bit more difficult, but I
could use numbers that sort the same way, for example
perhaps something like /:^:2"1&.|:  (That would work for
a 2 dimensional array, but is probably not quite right for
higher dimensions.)

Hypothetically speaking, the boxed mechanism would
also work for character args (though not so fast).

And, if I wanted something fully general, I guess I'd have to
make myself a verb which distinguishes these types to
control an agenda.

-- 
Raul