Multi-Sort -- how to do this?
| From: | tedd | Date: | Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:11:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | Multi-Sort -- how to do this? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi gang:
Here's the problem. Let's say you have a collection of arrays, such as:
$a = array();
$b = array();
$c = array();
$d = array();
And then you populate the arrays like so:
while(...)
{
$a[] = ...
$b[] = ...
$c[] = ...
$d[] = ...
}
Now, let's say you want to sort the $d array, but you also want the arrays $a, $b, and $c to be arranged in the same resultant order as $d.
For example, please follow this:
Before sort of $d:
$a = [apple, banana, grape, orange]
$b = [100, 2111, 198, 150]
$c = [red, yellow, purple, orange]
$d = [100, 300, 11, 50]
After sort of $d:
$a = [grape, orange, apple, banana]
$b = [198, 150, 100, 2111]
$c = [purple, orange, red, yellow]
$d = [11, 50, 100, 300]
Is there a slick way to do that?
Cheers,
tedd
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