If you move
sort(a, l, i-1);
sort(a, i+1, r);
into the event handler, you should have what you want.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:07 AM
Subject: [flexcoders] Delay recursive function
> I've looked for other threads on this, but haven't found anything that
> has really helped me yet.
>
> I've made a sorting function that dispatches an event every time it
> swaps values in an array. The eventlistener calls a function that
> updates a display to show visually how the array has changed. The
> problem is that when I call the sort function, there's only a slight
> hesitation and then the display changes to the end result.
>
> I'm guessing that the changes are happening too fast for the user to
> see. In a Java environment, I would just Thread.sleep during the sort
> function to slow it down, but I can't do that in AS3.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas? I've looked all over, but it's possible
> I'm just not properly using the solutions I've found.
>
> In case it helps, here's the basic layout of the class:
>
> class Sort {
> function partition(a:Array, l:int, r:int):int {
> // look around
> // swap values
> dispatchEvent(SortEvent.UPDATE); // SortEvent is a custom event
> // would like to pause this function here
> return value;
> }
> function sort(a:Array, l:int, r:int) {
> if (l >= r) return;
> var i:int = partition(a,l,r);
> sort(a, l, i-1);
> sort(a, i+1, r);
> }
> }
>
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