using sortOn on Arrays [ASCENDING, DESCENDING]

how do I get the sortOn function for an Array to support BOTH the NUMERIC and ASCENDING sort orders? DESCENDING seems to be the default or something.

I have 5 fields, all NUMERIC and I want to sort the first by DESCENDING, 2nd field is ASCENDING, 3rd field DESCENDING, 4th field DESCENDING, 5th field ASCENDING.....how do I achieve this?

this is for a league standings list, so wins is DESCENDING, losses ASCENDING, ties DESCENDING, points scored is DESCENDING, and points scored against is ASCENDING.....just to give you an idea.

I'm sure someone has run into this? sortOn is very useful and saved me a lot of time, but I need to tweak it!

In the Array livedoc for sortOn:

Quote:

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To pass multiple flags, separate them with the bitwise OR (|) operator:

Code:

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  my_array.sortOn(someFieldName, Array.DESCENDING | Array.NUMERIC);

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is ASCENDING the default because it's not in the list? I need that...thx!

I've just done an experiment that shows that, yes, ascending is the default.