List.sort() | LuaRT free and open source Windows programming framework for Lua

List:sort(direction) method

Sort the List items.

Parameters

direction

A string that specifies the sort direction :

"none" : No sorting.

"ascend" : the List will be sorted in alphabetic order

"descend" : the List will be sorted in inverse alphabetic order.

Return value

This function returns no value.

Example


local ui = require "ui"

local win = ui.Window("List.sort() constructor sample", "fixed", 320, 240)
local button = ui.Button(win, "Sort list", 130, 50)
local list = ui.List(win, {"ABC", "A", "ABCD"}, 120, 80)

local mode = "descend"

function button:onClick()
    win:status("List sorted in "..mode.."ing order")
    list:sort(mode)
    mode = mode == "descend" and "ascend" or "descend"

end

win:status("List is not sorted")
-- show the Window
win:show()

while win.visible do
    ui.update()
end