ListView Sort Callback = Confused

[LeCarre]

Not Newbie to coding, but have not used listview many times, and callback sorts even less

First time posting code with tags, hope this is readable...

FYI - I'm trying to sort time, and my solution is to convert time to ticks in a column that will eventually be out of view

and when user sorts the "00:00:00" column, i'll sort the hidden ticks column instead.

Problem: Can't get it tho, why this code is producing odd sorting results in my listview

The console shows proper evaluation of each numerical comparison.

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Func LVSort($hWnd, $nItem1, $nItem2, $nColumn)
     Local $nSort, $val1, $val2, $nResult

     ; Switch the sorting direction
     If $nColumn = $nCurCol Then
          If Not $bSet Then
               $nSortDir = $nSortDir * - 1
               $bSet = 1
          EndIf
     Else
          $nSortDir = 1
     EndIf

     $nCol = $nColumn

     $val1 = GetSubItemText($hWnd, $nItem1, $nColumn)
     $val2 = GetSubItemText($hWnd, $nItem2, $nColumn)

     ; If it is the 3rd colum (column starts with 0) then compare the dates
     If $nColumn = 2 Then
          $val1 = StringRight($val1, 4) & StringMid($val1, 4, 2) & StringLeft($val1, 2)
          $val2 = StringRight($val2, 4) & StringMid($val2, 4, 2) & StringLeft($val2, 2)
     EndIf

     if $nColumn = 2 Then
          ; ConsoleWrite($Val1 & " " & $Val2 & @CRLF)
          If Number($val1) < Number($val2) Then
               $nResult = -1 ; Put item2 before item1
               ConsoleWrite($Val1 & " < " & $Val2 & @CRLF)
          Else
               $nResult = 1 ; Put item2 before item1
               ConsoleWrite($Val1 & " > " & $Val2 & @CRLF)
          EndIf
     EndIf

     If $val1 < $val2 Then
          $nResult = -1 ; Put item2 before item1
     ElseIf $val1 > $val2 Then
          $nResult = 1 ; Put item2 behind item1
     EndIf

     $nResult = $nResult * $nSortDir

     Return $nResult
EndFunc   ;==>LVSort

Results in my list are... um, confusing.

90061000

315000

122560000

1224610000

1061000

10000

1000

100

10

0

PS why is there no emoticon for coffee, or pizza?

Edited June 7, 2012 by LeCarre

[LeCarre]

Nothing like 30 minutes of baking my brain on unfamiliar code to solve the problem.

I patched this together from 2 sources, added my own, and the problem was that my code

executed fine, and was then altered by a following piece of code.

If $val1 < $val2 Then
     $nResult = -1 ; Put item2 before item1
ElseIf $val1 > $val2 Then
     $nResult = 1 ; Put item2 behind item1
EndIf

which would alter any previous $nResults

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