Re: cannot sort an array of char

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 11/5/14 7:54 AM, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
Hi!
This gives an error (cannot deduce template function from argument types):

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import std.algorithm;
void main () {
     char [] c;
     sort (c);
}
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Why is "char []" so special that it can't be sorted?

Because sort works on ranges, and std.range has the view that char[] is 
a range of dchar without random access. Nevermind what the compiler 
thinks :)

I believe you can get what you want with std.string.representation:

import std.string;

sort(c.representation);

-Steve