Sorting multidimensional lists?

[Liam Jacobs]

This is an issue I've run into a couple of times and had to create work-arounds for, and I'm wondering if there's not something I'm missing?

I'm aware that you can sort a list normally via:

set {warps::*} to sorted {warps::*}

However, sometimes you'll have multidimensional lists, and it'd be nice to be able to sort all of the lists based on the values held in one. For example:

{warps::names::*} contains the name of each warp.
{warps::visitors::*} contains an integer.

Is it possible to sort both lists by the values in "visitors?"

For example, if it were unsorted:

{warps::names::1} - "World"
{warps::visitors::1} - 12

{warps::names::2} - "Hello"
{warps::visitors::2} - 15

{warps::names::3} - "Wow!"
{warps::visitors::3} - 52

Sorted by "visitors":

{warps::names::1} - "Wow!"
{warps::visitors::1} - 52

{warps::names::2} - "Hello"
{warps::visitors::2} - 15

{warps::names::3} - "World"
{warps::visitors::3} - 12

 

[Shroob]

just go to the 4th dimension, it's that simple!

 

[NixTer]

Hello!

I think you might be forced to make a workaround like the other times, such as comparing the numbers every time someone visits a warp and then re-ordering them manually, but I've only spent a few hours tweaking with loop variables so I might also be missing something.

This is an issue I've run into a couple of times and had to create work-arounds for, and I'm wondering if there's not something I'm missing?

I'm aware that you can sort a list normally via:

set {warps::*} to sorted {warps::*}

However, sometimes you'll have multidimensional lists, and it'd be nice to be able to sort all of the lists based on the values held in one. For example:

{warps::names::*} contains the name of each warp.
{warps::visitors::*} contains an integer.

Is it possible to sort both lists by the values in "visitors?"