[flexcoders] Custom Collection Sorting

[jbarts]

Hi,

I've got a problem where I need to sort a collection to match another 
collection's ordering.  The ordering isn't standard like 1,2,3,4 our A,B,C but 
like 9,1,2,8,4,6

So in the unsorted collection would be ordered 1,2,3,4 but the sorted 
collection would be a custom ordering (which is ad hoc as determined by the 
user. 

I've been poring over docs and posts and trying to come up with a solution, but 
so far no dice.

Any assistance appreciated!!!

Jeff

RE: [flexcoders] Custom Collection Sorting Challenge

[Alex]

Create a temporary array, add data there using push() and then assign in to
fields property.

tmpArray:Array = new Array();

tmpArray.push(sfSortField);
tmpArray.push(sfLevel);

aSort.fields = tmpArray; 

Cheers,
Alex

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Subject: [flexcoders] Custom Collection Sorting Challenge

Hi all,

more questions on custom collection sorting... I have a XMLListCollection
dataprovider, which I am sorting using a sort object. The sorting works as
expected, when I use the following syntax to define the array of SortFields:

aSort.fields = [sfSortField, sfLevel];

However, I would like to assemble the fields array dynamically, depending on
column position, or what have you, so my first thought was to use the
array.push() method to add the individual SortFields, but this fails without
an exception being thrown...  

i = aSort.fields.push(sfSortField);
i = aSort.fields.push(sfLevel); 

Any ideas? Thanks

 

[flexcoders] Custom Collection Sorting Challenge

[iko_knyphausen]

Hi all,

more questions on custom collection sorting... I have a
XMLListCollection dataprovider, which I am sorting using a sort object.
The sorting works as expected, when I use the following syntax to define
the array of SortFields:

aSort.fields = [sfSortField, sfLevel];

However, I would like to assemble the fields array dynamically,
depending on column position, or what have you, so my first thought was
to use the array.push() method to add the individual SortFields, but
this fails without an exception being thrown...

i = aSort.fields.push(sfSortField);
i = aSort.fields.push(sfLevel);

Any ideas? Thanks