Monkeybread Xojo plugin - SortMBS methods

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Boolean, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS(extends theArray() as Boolean, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateBooleanMBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as DateTime, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as DateTime, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateDateTimeMBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int32, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int64, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateInt64MBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as Ptr, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegatePtrMBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as Single, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateSingleMBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as String, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateStringMBS, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt32, descending as boolean = false)
SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt32, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateUInt32MBS, descending as boolean = false)

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Boolean, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateBooleanMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Color, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Color, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateColorMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Currency, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Currency, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateCurrencyMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as DateTime, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as DateTime, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateDateTimeMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Double, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Example

// disable background threads, which would slow us down
#Pragma BackgroundTasks False

Var a(10000000) As Double
Var b(10000000) As Double
Var c(10000000) As Double

Var u As Integer = a.ubound
For i As Integer = 0 To u
  Var n As Integer = i Mod 1000
  a(i) = n
  b(i) = n
  c(i) = n
  
Next

Var m1 As Double = Microseconds
a.Sort
Var m2 As Double = Microseconds
b.SortMBS
Var m3 As Double = Microseconds
c.SortMBS True // reverse
Var m4 As Double = Microseconds

Var XojoSort       As Double = (m2 - m1) / 1000.0 // e.g. 142
Var MBSSort        As Double = (m3 - m2) / 1000.0 // e.g. 128
Var MBSSortReverse As Double = (m4 - m3) / 1000.0 // e.g. 120

MessageBox "Xojo: "+XojoSort.ToString+EndOfLine+"MBS Sort: "+MBSSort.ToString+EndOfLine+"MBS Sort reverse: "+MBSSortReverse.ToString
Break

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Double, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateDoubleMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int32, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int32, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateInt32MBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int64, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Example

Var test() As Integer = Array(5, -2, 3, -4, 1)

test.SortMBS

Break // see in debugger

// now reverse it
test.SortMBS True

Break // see in debugger

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Int64, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateInt64MBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Ptr, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Ptr, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegatePtrMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Single, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Single, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateSingleMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as String, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also NSStringArraySortMBS function.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as String, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateStringMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt32, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt32, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateUInt32MBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt64, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as UInt64, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateUInt64MBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also:

SortMBS.SortMBS(extends theArray() as Variant, theDelegate as SortVariantDelegateVariantMBS, descending as boolean = false)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Sort	MBS Util Plugin	24.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Sorts an array using a delegate to compare.

Does nothing for arrays with theArray.count < 2.
Pass true for descending to reverse the order.

Your delegate should be fast and return 0 if both values are equal, 1 if first value is bigger or -1 if first value is smaller.

See also: