in reply to Data Structure advice

Do you mean: 
col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
c    k    b    e    d
h    i    j    a    l

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where the sorted outcome is:  b,c,d,e,k  a,h,i,j,l

-Waswas

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Re: Re: Data Structure advice
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 22, 2002 at 23:11 UTC 
    Columns 1 and 3 are of concern, I first want to consolodate column 3, 
and then sort again by column 1

BEFORE SORT:

col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
12    z    d    r    4
13    z    c    r    4
14    z    d    r    4 
15    z    c    r    4



AFTER SORT:

col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
12    z    d    r    4
14    z    d    r    4 
13    z    c    r    4
15    z    c    r    4

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