"don greger" <dgreger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:c5nt649u5pc3ag35hqalpu32nldj74f8lp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>i am looking for a sort routine that will allow me to sort a large
> file on several data sets within each record. this sort can be such
> that when the sort is plotted out the results look like a tree. i
> had a copy of this sort many yeats ago, but it got lost.
> this sort also had a print/search routine with it.
>
> this sort was run on a file without move any of the records.
There are many, many types of sorts, any of which will reach the same end;
however, search, print and "plotting" of results would not be part of any
pure 'sort' routine.
I think what you had was more than just a sort routine.
If you can't find whatever it was you used many years ago you are going to
have to re-create it. The good news is, this does not sound all that
complicated. Tedious perhaps, but certainly not requiring the re-invention
of fire.
MCM
