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Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B

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>On 9/23/2011 6:51 AM, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
>>> On 9/22/2011 12:31 PM, Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
>>>
>>>> The trouble I am having is sorting array B based on array A.
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't doubt that.  I'm having trouble understanding what "based on"
>>> means here.  Can you elaborate?  What actual operation do you want to
>>> preform on A and B, based on what criteria?
>>
>> Ok, after reading my post I can see that I was not quite as clear as I
>> could have been.
>>
>> So I have two arrays: A and B. Array A is an int array (I think I had
>> it backwards in my original description) and array B is a String
>> array. Array A is already ordered from 1 - 6 in ascending order and is
>> basically a rank order with 1 being most popular, 2 =  less popular
>> than 1, 3 = less so than 2, etc. Array B is the artist info,
>> scrambled, but each artist is defined by their appropriate popularity
>> with a #_ naming convention preceding the artist name and song title.
>> I figured that array B had to have some defining characteristic about
>> it else there would be no way to order a bunch of String info to a
>> corresponding rank without knowing the current artist ranking.
>
>You say "I figured" so presumably that part of the description is not an
>explicit part of the original problem definition. How confident are you
>that B should contain ranking information? If it does, the array A seems
>superfluous, and the problem is simply one of sorting B.
>
>There are alternative interpretations of the rest of your comments that
>would give meaning to both arrays.

Here is the original requirement:

Modify any of the sort algorithms to sort a secondary array B based on
the sorting order of A (that is akin to say: sort the titles of the
songs (B) based on their rank (A).

I chose to add Artist info in addition to song title. This is why I
specifically added the #_ (read as number underscore) to the String
array else I figured there was no easy way to sort them based on a
rank. Meaning, you can't compare an int to a String. In my mind, I
thought that adding the #_ to the beginning of the String item would
make it easier to sort it. Does that make sense?

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

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How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-22 14:31 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B markspace <-@.> - 2011-09-22 15:38 -0700
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 08:51 -0500
      Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 07:23 -0700
        Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 10:51 -0500
          Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 09:59 -0700
            Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 14:31 -0500
              Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 12:39 -0700
              Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-09-23 17:42 -0400
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 20:27 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-23 18:39 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-26 08:37 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-09-26 08:04 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-27 13:47 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-27 13:59 -0500
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-27 12:25 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-26 09:00 -0700
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Charles Hottel" <chottel@earthlink.net> - 2011-09-23 23:31 -0400
                Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP)" <.@.> - 2011-09-26 08:29 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-22 22:28 -0400
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 09:13 -0500
      Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-23 20:45 -0400
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-23 02:28 -0700
    Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B "Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]" <.@.> - 2011-09-23 09:14 -0500
  Re: How to sort String array A based on int array B Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-25 00:46 -0700

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