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2. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrog.com> Jun 09, 2007
• 538 views
• Last edited Jun 10, 2007

don cole wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Anybody maybe Andy Serpa,
> 
>   I am trying to sort some numbers. These are all strings.
> 
> Lowest number "0888". highest number "4430".
> 
> After sort() or nat_sort() I still get "0888" as the highest number and "1067"
> as the lowest.
> 
> Any advice welcome.
> 

Don:
 
  Is it because you are sorting text and not numbers ?

Bernie

My files in archive:
WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API 

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4. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Jun 10, 2007
• 558 views

Thanks Brian and Andy,


Here' my code very simplified.

sequence db

db=repeat({},3)

db[1]={"0888","2485","1476"} db[2]={"A1071","A3108","A3011"} db[3]={"D0970","D1078","D2530","D1233"}

for x=1 to length(db) do db[x]=nat_sort(db[x]) end for

Don Cole }}}

6. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 10, 2007
• 532 views

don cole wrote:

> Here' my code very simplified. ...

Don,
you need to be a bit more helpful if you really want some help <G>

For example, when *you* run this program what is the result you are getting and
what is the result you were expecting?

To me, both nat_sort() and sort() both work perfectly well in the example you
gave us so I don't see what your problem is.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell

8. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 11, 2007
• 594 views

don cole wrote:
>
>        This program and data is too lengthy to post here.
>        
>        I will try to cut it down to the important parts.

However you have cut too much out. I can't understand what you are saying by the
example below.
        
>        db[1]={"0888","2485","1476"}
>        db[2]={"A1071","A3108","A3011"}
>        db[3]={"D0970","D1078","D2530","D1233"}
>        
>        --Really db[1]=
>        --    db[1][1]=number
>        --    db[1][2]=title
>        --    db[1][3]=prod co.
>        --    db[1][4]=cost
>        --    etc etc..

By this are you saying that db[1][1] which is "0888" is the number, and db[1][2]
which is "2485" is the title, and db[1][3] which is "1476" is the prod co. ???
but you say that db[1][4] is the cost but there is no db[1][4]!?

Or are you saying that the first record is really {"0888", "A1071", "D0970"} ...
but that can't be right either because there is still no 'cost' field.

I just don't get what you are trying to say.

But regardless of that, can you give us a sample of the PRESORTED sequence and
the sequence after YOU sort it? This should take just three lines of code ... for
example:

   constant presorted = {"A1071", "A3108", "A3011"}
   ? presorted
   ? sort(presorted) -- {"A1071", "A3011", "A3108"


>        --this is all saved and loaded in a binary way using 
>        fn = open(file_name, "wb")
>        fn = open(file_name, "rb")
>        
>        --I don't think ther is any problem in this because I am loading    
> and reading the 
>        --right files only the sort is messed up
>        
>        --the way I read results after sort


What is the source code of your sort?

>     
>      setText(aETS[x],length(db[x]))  --the number of files in the data base
>      setText(bETS[x],db[x][1][1])    --the first record
>      setText(cETS[x],db[x][$][1])    --the last record 
>      
>      num of records      first record     last record
>      --- -- -------      ----- ------     ---- ------
>      2514                0888             5105         -- this seems ok now
>      2527                A1121            A0985        -- this is wrong
>      3164                D1000            D0999        -- this is wrong

These values have nothing to do with the example data you just gave us. How can
we help if you don't tell us what exactly what you have, what you are getting and
what you expected?

In short, the example you gave us doesn't make sense to me.


-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell

10. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at agriculture.gouv.fr> Jun 12, 2007
• 544 views

don cole wrote:
> 
> ok for this example:
> 
> db[1][1][1]="3409"--movie number
> db[1][1][2]="hello dolly"--title 
> db[1][1][3]=".50"--cost
> db[1][2][1]="2395"
> db[1][2][2]="matrix"
> db[1][2][3]="1.25"
> db[1][3][1]="1920"
> db[1][3][2]="boomtown"
> db[1][3][3]=".50"
> 
> db[2][1][1]="A2009"--movie number
> db[2][1][2]="debbie does dallas again"--title
> db[2][1][3]="12.00"--cost
> db[2][2][1]="A1060"
> db[2][2][2]="Caligula
> db[2][2][3]="1.25"
> db[2][3][1]="A1150"
> db[2][3][2]="girls gone wild 17"
> db[2][3][3]="2"
> 
> db[3][1][1]="D2019"--movie number 
> db[3][1][2]="the unforgiven"--title
> db[3][1][3]="2.00"--cost
> db[3][2][1]="D1066"
> db[3][2][2]="spiderman"
> db[3][2][3]="1.25"
> db[3][3][1]="D1256"
> db[3][3][2]="thug"
> db[3][3][3]=".50"
> 
> This is a shortened group to show the way it is set up not REAL data.
> 
> Notice there are 3 groups reg, adult and dvd.In reality there are six groups
> openreg,openadult,opendvd,soldreg,soldadult,and solddvsd.
> 
> Each field has a movie number, tite and price. In reality there are 9 fields
> for reg
> and adult and 11 fields for dvds. 
> 
> In this demo there are 3 movies in each db where as in reality there are
> many,many
> more.
> 
> Notice also in each movie the movie number is #1 as per the sort
> documentation.
> 
> My windows set up
> 
>          number        first        last
>            of          movie        movie
>          movies        number       number
>          ------        ------       ------
> 
> reg      EditText1     EditText2    EditText3
>  
> adult    EditText4     EditText5    EditText6
> 
> dvd      EditText7     EditText8    EditText9
> 
> setText(EditText1,length(db[1])
> setText(EditText2,db[1][1][1])
> setText(EditText3,db[1][$][1])
> 
> setText(EditText4,length(db[2])
> setText(EditText5,db[2[1][1])
> setText(EditText6,db[2][$][1])
> 
> setText(EditText7,length(db[3])
> setText(EditText8,db[3][1][1])
> setText(EditText9,db[3][$][1])
> 
> Sorting:
> 
> for x= 1 to 6 do
>    db[x]=sort(db[x])
> end for
> 
> I have never tried sorting the DEMO data that I have shown here.
> I don't see any point in it.
> 
> After sorting using the REAL data I get:
> 
>             number        first        last
>               of          movie        movie
>             movies        number       number
>             ------        ------       ------
> reg          271           3119         4907
> 
> adult        24            A4730        A5582
> 
> dvd          330           D1031        D4234
> 
> soldreg      2514          0888         5150
> 
> soldadult    2527          A1121        A0985
> 
> solddvd      3164          D1000        D0999       
> 
> I expect all this information is correct except for soldadult and solddvd.
> 
> 
> If this is not enough information maybe I could email you the whole thing.
> 
> Don Cole

I'd expect some sort of corruption occurred in your actual dataset, at least
in the groups with unexpected results. More precisely, I suspect some records
don't have the same length.

Could you please check the actual individual entry with movie number "D1000"
in the solddvd group, and see if it has the same length as the one with
number "D0999"? I expect it to be shorter. At this point, there may be extra
data in the "last" item or missing data in the "first" one just as well.
Or wrong labelling, causing a dvd to be in a nondvd category or vice versa.

CChris

12. Re: Sort problem

• Posted by don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> Jun 12, 2007
• 549 views

CChris wrote:

> 
> I'd expect some sort of corruption occurred in your actual dataset, at least
> in the groups with unexpected results. More precisely, I suspect some records
> don't have the same length.
> 
> Could you please check the actual individual entry with movie number "D1000"
> in the solddvd group, and see if it has the same length as the one with
> number "D0999"? I expect it to be shorter. At this point, there may be extra
> data in the "last" item or missing data in the "first" one just as well.
> Or wrong labelling, causing a dvd to be in a nondvd category or vice versa.
> 
> CChris

Thanks to CChris and Pete,

I think you are both right about my data being corrupt. That's what got me
  stared on this in the first place.

What I didn't show you was my complete window which is:

            number  first        last     movnum    db      letter   history
              of    movie        movie    length    length           length
            movies  number       number   errors    errors  errors   errors
            ------  ------       ------   ------    ------  ------   ------
reg          271    3119         4907      0         0       0        0

adult        24     A4730        A5582     0         0       0        0

dvd          330    D1031        D4234     0         0       0        0

soldreg      2514   0888         5150      0         0       0        0

soldadult    2527   A1121        A0985     0         0       0        0

solddvd      3164   D1000        D0999     0         0       0        0 

  Let me go back and check my error checking and try Pete's experiment.


Don Cole