sorting lines in a text file 2

[coldan]

I have an ini style text file that I wish to sort entries in alpha order before I display the values of the items on screen.

This will make it more readable and will group like items together eg
Flagname
FlagValue
Log
TestValue

etc

I have filter.txt with the lines in it.

Thanks

Coldan

 

[Mike Lewis]

First, copy the file to an array (use FILETOSTR() to copy it to a string, then ALINES() to get the individual lines into the array).

Then use ASORT() to sort the array. Finally, loop through the array, displaying the lines you are interested in.

Mike

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[cbasoz]

You can append from to a cursor and use SQL to sort it. ie:

create cursor myIni (myLine c(254))
append from filter.txt typed sdf
select myLine from myIni order by myLine

Cetin Basoz
MS Foxpro MVP, MCP