Sort out those arrays: Avisoft provides a fast solution

• Much easier and many more facilities than OS_HeapSort for array sorting.
  
• Easy *Sort command for use of all facilities eg *Sort Form$(e) Surname$(1i) Firstname$(2i)
  
• Will sort Multiple dimension arrays as well as Single dimension.
  
• Sorts Ascending by default, or optionally Descending.
  
• Handles variable length strings, which may contain any hex value.
  
• Optional sort of lower case string characters as upper case.
  
• Optional sort of Integer or Floating Point numbers ignoring sign.
  
• Sorts null strings high by default, or optionally low.
  
• String sorts can start at any position in the string.
  
• Strings can be sorted by length of the string.
  
• 64 bit Floating Point arrays can be sorted in BASIC VI (BASIC64).
  
• Can sort many arrays together, as if one long concatenated variable.
  
• Multiple arrays can be concatenated in any sequence for sort key.
  
• Can Exclude arrays used only for reference, not part of sort key.
  
• Can sort all elements or only specified elements of arrays.
  
• Different options can be used with each array.
  
• Relocatable Module only 6k bytes long
• and needs little extra storage.
  
• Help is included in the module
• use *HELP Sort.
  
• Escape will interrupt sort.
  
• Sort capacity (elements and arrays) limited only by memory size for arrays.
  
• Comprehensive parameter validation and explanatory error messages.
  
• ArmSort is supplied as an application to simplify use.
  
• *new* Revised Help information in StrongHelp format for ease of use.
  
• Example programs supplied.
  
• FindProcs procedure library enables fast and easy searching of sorted arrays.
  
• Will run with all known versions of BASIC V and BASIC VI.
  
• Will run with RISC OS version 3 and 4.
  

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