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Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Monday, 21 Jan 1991 09:41:31 EST
From: Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <91021.094131BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx,bit.listserv.rexxlist
Subject: Re: I need and exec to do the following:
Distribution: usa


A possible algorithm:

   1) Pass through the file once; store each title found in an array, and
      include the line number where it was found.
   2) Call your favourite sort routine to sort the titles and re-order
      array from 1) accordingly.
   3) Write the file of sorted titles.
   4) Pass through the original file again, this time locating the files
      and writing them according to the new order from 2). EXECIO can use
      the line numbers to do direct reads.