analysis/

mg_sort.pro

An alternative to IDL's SORT function that employs a radix-sort algorithm. This algorithm is stable but slower than the quicksort algorithm used in IDL's SORT function.

result = mg_sort_strings(data): Handle special case of sorting string arrays.
result = mg_sort(data [, radix=int]): Radix sort input data.

result = mg_sort_strings(data)

Handle special case of sorting string arrays.

Note that this is very slow compared to SORT in most cases. However, it is a stable sort.

lonarr(n_elements(data))

result = mg_sort(data [, radix=int])

Radix sort input data.

lonarr(n_elements(data))

data in required type=int, long, float, double, or string array

data to sort

Personal library of Michael Galloy
Contact me if you have enhancement requests or bug fixes.