help using ASP dictionary object

[musicales]

I'm a bit rusty on my ASP Dictionary Object. I have an unsorted array and I want to chuck it into a dictionary object and sort it alphabetically. Can anyone help remind me how to do this?

[Easy_Coder]

I think you gotta roll your own sort with that object.

[Demaestro]

Is there a lambda() function available to you?

[carguy84]

You can just loop the array into a dictionary.

Chip-

[Easy_Coder]

If you can sort the array then I think you need to stuff it in descending order; then the dictionary will unwind it in ascending order.

Is your array populated from a database? It'd be much simpler to sort there.

[musicales]

easy - it's one of the rare ocassions it's not. I thought I remembered a sort function/method for dictionaries but maybe I'm wrong. Only other option is to make a sort of alphabet bubble function, but I was hoping the solution was already there somewhere.

[carguy84]

Why not stick the array into a recordset if you want to sort (and not use bubble)?

Otherwise, you can use this function to bubble sort the array:

Sub SortArray(aTempArray)
Dim iTemp, jTemp, strTemp

For iTemp = 0 To UBound(aTempArray)
For jTemp = 0 To iTemp

If strComp(aTempArray(jTemp), aTempArray(iTemp)) > 0 Then
'Swap the array positions
strTemp = aTempArray(jTemp)
aTempArray(jTemp) = aTempArray(iTemp)
aTempArray(iTemp) = strTemp
End If

Next
Next
End Sub

But, if this is a frequently used action, I'd find a different solution, as it is a little taxing.

Chip-