sortArray

Purpose: Sorts a two dimensional array by selected column.

Syntax: sortArray [$array] [$column] [$order] {$filename}

$array: The array to be sorted.
$column: Column to sort the array.
$order: Sort direction - A for Ascending or D for Descending.
$filename: Optional filename to load the array from.

Notes: This command can be used to sort an array in memory, or it can load an array from a file like readToArray.

The array will be created, sorted and populated in one step. Any existing array with the same name will first be overwritten. Also, a variable with the same name as the array will be created, and its integer value will be the the element count of the array.

Example:

#Sort an array in memory
sortArray $Ships 2 A

# Read a text file into a sorted array
sortArray $Ships 2 A ships.txt

echo "*Ships read:" $ShipArray 
setVar $i 1
while ($i <= $ShipArray)
	echo "*" $ShipArray[$i]
	add $i 1
end