Question

It’s quite a simple question – how do I sort a collection?

I’ve got a CSV file with rows in a random order. I’d like to sort the rows according to the date in one column. Do I add the rows to a recordset? Can I sort with a Scripting.Dictionary?

I’ve clearly been spoilt with .NET and Linq, and now I find myself back in the land of classic asp, realising I must have known this 7 years ago, and missing generics immensely. I feel like a complete n00b.

Answer 1

In this case I would get help from big brother .net. It’s possible to use System.Collections.Sortedlist within your ASP app and get your key value pairs sorted.

set list = server.createObject('System.Collections.Sortedlist') with list   .add 'something', 'YY'   .add 'something else', 'XX' end with  for i = 0 to list.count - 1     response.write(list.getKey(i) & ' = ' & list.getByIndex(i)) next 

Btw if the following .net classes are available too:

• System.Collections.Queue
• System.Collections.Stack
• System.Collections.ArrayList
• System.Collections.SortedList
• System.Collections.Hashtable
• System.IO.StringWriter
• System.IO.MemoryStream;

Also see: Marvels of COM .NET interop