sorting seperate array's

[Sjekke]

Hello all.

i know how to sort arrays and do lotz of other cool stuff with it

BUT!

i have 2 arrays wich contains the following data

Mark 20
Steve 100
Erik 5

arraynames["mark","steve","erik"]
arraycash[20,100,5]

now here it comes, when i sort the cash array i wonna have the names array sorter in the same way

arraynames["steve","mark","erik"]
arraycash[100,20,5]

(just imagin this with 30 names/cash

any ideas? workarounds? any help appreciated, i tried a few ways by unshift and push to get them sorted in a diff way but it isn't fullproof

[RAMpage2010]

You could make an object that has a key property. Call your sort function to sort on one property and return the key value. Insert these keys into a sort array and you will have references to the original object.

object
.name
.cash <-*
.key

The sort function would return a value based on the property you want sorted and return the .key.

Course, I am giving the concept a flourishing nod.. hehe. I have thought about the problem a little, but not THAT much. I would like to see your clever implementation.

I did a javascript sort once that had an array of arrays. There were only 100 possible values but that should be an implementation detail and it should still work.

Array [1..100]
Array[0] [object][object][object]
Array[1] empty
Array[2] [object][object]

Here we see the outer array is really the index for any possible value within the range of 1 to 100. Lets say your value is 5. SortArray[5].push[object]

.. Now the SortArray's 5 element (which is an array) contains one more object.

Does this make sense?

Im rambling again aren't I? lol

[Sjekke]

lol, is a bit of rambling to me

but i have been thinking that way also (using some sort of key array as reference) , just dunno how to work it out excactly.

anyway thx for youre thoughts about it.
maybe i got some insiration know

[julianj]

How about storing them in a single 2D array in the first place. That way the pairs would always stay together:

var myArray = new Array(["Steve", 100],["Mark",20], ["Erik", 5]);

then you can just sort the whole myArray.

You may have a reason for not doing this; just an idea.