alphabetize ini section values

[gcue]

how would you go about alphabetizing the values under a given section:

[section_name]

Frank=232323

Albert=34342323

Zeek=23232323

Barbara=231212

any ideas?

[oMBRa]

MATH IS THE KEY!

u can associate each letter of the alphabet with a number like: a = 1 b = 2 then compare them with the first letter of each values name and write it in order

Edited August 28, 2008 by oMBra

[PsaltyDS]

how would you go about alphabetizing the values under a given section:

[section_name]

Frank=232323

Albert=34342323

Zeek=23232323

Barbara=231212

any ideas?

IniReadSection()

_ArraySort()

IniWriteSection()

[gcue]

great idea psalty!

not sure why i get an array error though:

"an array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded."

$a = IniReadSection("assets.ini", "section_name")

_ArraySort($a)
_ArrayDisplay($a)

IniWriteSection("test.ini", "section_name", $a)

if i comment out the _arraysort($a) i dont get the error.

[oMBRa]

lol I didnt know _arraysort that's easier xD

[PsaltyDS]

great idea psalty!

not sure why i get an array error though:

"an array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded."

$a = IniReadSection("assets.ini", "section_name")

_ArraySort($a)
_ArrayDisplay($a)

IniWriteSection("test.ini", "section_name", $a)

if i comment out the _arraysort($a) i dont get the error.

The count is in $a[0][0], and you don't want that sorted in with the rest. Use _ArraySort($a, 0, 1) instead (see the help file). Also, make sure you are running the current version.

[gcue]

yep i had also checked the help file and tried 0,1 but i still get the error:

heres what the arraydisplay looks like (wout the sort):

Row Col 0 Col1

[0] 4

[1] Frank 232323

[2] Albert 232323

[3] Zeek 22332323

[4] Barbara 23232323

[PsaltyDS]

yep i had also checked the help file and tried 0,1 but i still get the error:

heres what the arraydisplay looks like (wout the sort):

Row Col 0 Col1

[0] 4

[1] Frank 232323

[2] Albert 232323

[3] Zeek 22332323

[4] Barbara 23232323

This works fine:

#Include <Array.au3>

Global $avArray[5][2] = [[4, ""], ["Frank", 232323], ["Albert", 232323], _
    ["Zeek", 22332323], ["Barbara", 23232323]]
_ArraySort($avArray, 0, 1)
_ArrayDisplay($avArray)

What version of AutoIt are you running?

[gcue]

the example you posted didnt work for me either =/

im using 3.2.10

i need to use this version bc this is part of a ~8000 line script

and theres too many things to fix if i upgrade the complier. =/

[PsaltyDS]

the example you posted didnt work for me either =/

im using 3.2.10

i need to use this version bc this is part of a ~8000 line script

and theres too many things to fix if i upgrade the complier. =/

I think you've said that before... and that excuse is only going to get more lame as time goes on...

("8000 lines" = "Too big to maintain") = False

[gcue]

lol!

well actually i dont think anything else will get added to this script.. its definitely coming to a close. so id liek to just get this last change working on 3.2.10

[weaponx]

I think you've said that before... and that excuse is only going to get more lame as time goes on...

("8000 lines" = "Too big to maintain") = False

He probably doesn't upgrade to digital cable because "its too many channels to maintain".

[PsaltyDS]

lol!

well actually i dont think anything else will get added to this script.. its definitely coming to a close. so id liek to just get this last change working on 3.2.10

You could try updating just that function in your Array.au3 UDF file.

Can't help you get service for that dial phone, though.

[gcue]

hahhaha ok u guys are killing me!!!

[JFee]

Thanks for this idea... I've been meaning to alphabetize the entire ini by sections. I think I'll just IniReadSectionNames then loop through each one adding it to a variable containing all of the new alphabetized INI, then I'll have to FileWrite it. Does that sound about right?

[YellowLab]

@JFee, sounds right.

However, I am a little confused why you would necessarily need an ini file alphabetized. You can alphabetize the entries for lists at the time they are needed to be displayed or compared. Just curious why you want to add the write time to make the internal aspects of a file look pretty? Also, if the ini files get large, it may be faster to use an SQLite database for storing these values. Alphabetizing the database is much faster.

Bob

Edited August 28, 2008 by YellowLab

[gcue]

my ini entries are displayed as icons.. i want to alphabetize just for easy readability reasons

[JFee]

Thanks for the reply. I have a ComboBox withe the style $CBS_SORT, and i have a bunch of information derived by a number of INI files. Nothing is broken right now, however it calls a function and loads information associated with the first INI section.

[gcue]

ok i think i know why theres an error.. the array display has two columns not just one...

any ideas??