Re: sorting data in simplelist

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Jul 7, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Beast wrote:

> I have SimpleList which should be ordered by some column, what is  
> the prefered way, sort the data before pushing into the stack or  
> push data as is and then sort using SimpleList (possible??).
> Some example would be greatly appreciated :)

It may not be the most efficient thing in the world, but you can use  
normal perl sorting stuff on the tied data array.

  @{ $slist->{data} } = sort \&my_cool_sort_func, @{ $slist->{data} };

The simplelist's model is just a ListStore, which implements the  
TreeSortable interface, so you should be able to set sort columns and  
all that stuff quite normally.

  $slist->get_model->set_sort_column_id ($index, 'ascending');

A few weeks ago there was discussion about using a TreeModelFilter  
with SimpleList; you could probably use the same Evil Tricks with as  
TreeModelSort.  (Requires bleeding edge code, though.)


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