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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==A case-insensitive sort using the Array.CASEINSENSITIVE constant==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
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  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aWords:Array = [&amp;quot;o&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;S&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aWords.sort(Array.CASEINSENSITIVE);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aWords.toString());  //a,C,o,S&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
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==Call the sort( ) method passing the bandNameSort compare function:==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
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  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var bands:Array = [&amp;quot;C&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;W&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;L&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;T&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;r&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
                           &lt;br /&gt;
        bands.sort(bandNameSort);&lt;br /&gt;
        for(var i:int = 0; i &amp;lt; bands.length; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
            trace(bands[i]);&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;br /&gt;
        function bandNameSort(band1:String, band2:String):int{&lt;br /&gt;
            band1 = band1.toLowerCase(  );&lt;br /&gt;
            band2 = band2.toLowerCase(  );&lt;br /&gt;
            if(band1.substr(0, 4) == &amp;quot;the &amp;quot;) {&lt;br /&gt;
                band1 = band1.substr(4);&lt;br /&gt;
            }&lt;br /&gt;
            if(band2.substr(0, 4) == &amp;quot;the &amp;quot;) {&lt;br /&gt;
                band2 = band2.substr(4);&lt;br /&gt;
            }&lt;br /&gt;
            if(band1 &amp;lt; band2) {&lt;br /&gt;
                return -1;&lt;br /&gt;
            }&lt;br /&gt;
            else {&lt;br /&gt;
                return 1;&lt;br /&gt;
            }&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
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        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Combine the combine the constants using the bitwise OR operator (|)==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
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  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;T&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        words.sort(Array.CASEINSENSITIVE | Array.DESCENDING);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words);  &lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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T,r,j,a&lt;br /&gt;
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==Get the sorted order of an array&amp;quot;s elements without changing the original array: Array.RETURNINDEXEDARRAY==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;t&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        var indices:Array = words.sort(Array.RETURNINDEXEDARRAY);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words);   &lt;br /&gt;
        trace(indices); &lt;br /&gt;
        for(var i:int = 0; i &amp;lt; words.length; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
          trace(words[indices[i]]);&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
t,r,a,j&lt;br /&gt;
2,3,1,0&lt;br /&gt;
a&lt;br /&gt;
j&lt;br /&gt;
r&lt;br /&gt;
t&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Getting Sorted Indices==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aEmployees:Array = [&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;H&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        var aSortedIndices:Array = aEmployees.sort(Array.RETURNINDEXEDARRAY);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aEmployees.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aSortedIndices.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
        for(var i:Number = 0; i &amp;lt; aSortedIndices.length; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
          trace(aEmployees[aSortedIndices[i]]);&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
/*&lt;br /&gt;
A,P,C,H&lt;br /&gt;
0,2,3,1&lt;br /&gt;
A&lt;br /&gt;
C&lt;br /&gt;
H&lt;br /&gt;
P&lt;br /&gt;
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        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Getting the Minimum or Maximum Element==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
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  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var scores:Array = [10, 4, 15, 8];&lt;br /&gt;
        scores.sort(Array.NUMERIC);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(&amp;quot;Minimum: &amp;quot; + scores[0]);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(&amp;quot;Maximum: &amp;quot; + scores[scores.length - 1]);&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Randomizing the Elements of an Array==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        function randomSort(elementA:Object, elementB:Object):Number {&lt;br /&gt;
            return Math.random(  ) - .5&lt;br /&gt;
        } &lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;br /&gt;
        var numbers:Array = new Array(  );&lt;br /&gt;
        for(var i:int=0;i&amp;lt;20;i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
            numbers[i] = i;&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
        numbers.sort(randomSort);&lt;br /&gt;
        for(var i:int=0;i&amp;lt;numbers.length;i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
            trace(numbers[i]);&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Reverse the order of the elements in an array==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;t&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        words.reverse(  );&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words); //j,a,r,t&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sort an array in descending order using the Array.DESCENDING constant:==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;t&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        words.sort(Array.DESCENDING);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words); //t,r,j,a&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting and Testing for Unique Values==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aEmployees:Array = [&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;H&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        if(aEmployees.sort(Array.UNIQUESORT) != 0) {&lt;br /&gt;
          trace(aEmployees.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
        else {&lt;br /&gt;
          trace(&amp;quot;Array has duplicate elements, and has not been sorted. &amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
          trace(aEmployees.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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// A,C,H,P&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting Arrays==&lt;br /&gt;
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//sort() sorts regular, single dimension arrays.&lt;br /&gt;
//sortOn() sorts arrays of associative arrays based on one of the keys of the associative arrays.&lt;br /&gt;
//reverse() reverses the order of the elements.&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aEmployees:Array = [&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;H&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aEmployees.sort();&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aEmployees.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
A,C,H,P&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting in Descending Order==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aEmployees:Array = [&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;H&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aEmployees.sort(Array.DESCENDING);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aEmployees.toString()); //P,H,C,A&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting Numerically: Array.NUMERIC==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
        var aNumbers:Array = [10, 1, 2, 15, 21, 13, 33, 3];&lt;br /&gt;
        aNumbers.sort();&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aNumbers.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
        var aNumbers:Array = [10, 1, 2, 15, 21, 13, 33, 3];&lt;br /&gt;
        aNumbers.sort(Array.NUMERIC);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aNumbers.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
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1,10,13,15,2,21,3,33&lt;br /&gt;
1,2,3,10,13,15,21,33&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting Regardless of Case==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
        var aWords:Array = [&amp;quot;o&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;S&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aWords.sort();&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aWords.toString());  //C,S,a,o&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting with Custom Algorithms==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
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  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aWords:Array = [&amp;quot;o&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;S&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aWords.sort(sorter);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aWords.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
        function sorter(a:String, b:String):Number {&lt;br /&gt;
          if(a.toUpperCase() &amp;gt; b.toUpperCase()) {&lt;br /&gt;
            return -1;&lt;br /&gt;
          }&lt;br /&gt;
          else if(a.toUpperCase() &amp;lt; b.toUpperCase()) {&lt;br /&gt;
            return 1;&lt;br /&gt;
          }&lt;br /&gt;
          else {&lt;br /&gt;
            return 0;&lt;br /&gt;
          }&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
S,o,C,a&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sorting with Multiple Flags==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aWords:Array = [&amp;quot;o&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;S&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aWords.sort(Array.DESCENDING | Array.CASEINSENSITIVE);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aWords.toString()); // S,o,C,a&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==sort( ) method runs a case-sensitive sort by default==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;T&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        words.sort(  );&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words);  //T,a,j,r&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sort the array only if it contains unique elements: Array.UNIQUESORT==&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var ranking:Array = [2,5,6,3,1,1,4,8,7,10,9];&lt;br /&gt;
        var sortedRanking:Object = ranking.sort(Array.UNIQUESORT);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(sortedRanking);   &lt;br /&gt;
        trace(ranking);  &lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
0&lt;br /&gt;
2,5,6,3,1,1,4,8,7,10,9&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sort the array&amp;quot;s values first according to the type of value and then alphabetically==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var aPlaces:Array = [&amp;quot;B&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;V&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;J&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;C&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;M&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        aPlaces.sort(sorter);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(aPlaces.toString());&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    function isInArray(sElement:String, aArray:Array) {&lt;br /&gt;
      for(var i:Number = 0; i &amp;lt; aArray.length; i++) {&lt;br /&gt;
        if(sElement == aArray[i]) {&lt;br /&gt;
          return true;&lt;br /&gt;
        }&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      return false;&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
    function sorter(a:String, b:String):Number {&lt;br /&gt;
      var aCountries:Array = [&amp;quot;M&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;V&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;J&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
      var aCities:Array = [&amp;quot;C&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;P&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;B&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
      if((isInArray(a, aCountries) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; isInArray(b, aCities)) ||&lt;br /&gt;
    (isInArray(b, aCountries) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; isInArray(a, aCities))) {&lt;br /&gt;
        return 1;&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      if(a.toUpperCase() &amp;gt; b.toUpperCase()) {&lt;br /&gt;
        return 1;&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      else if(a.toUpperCase() &amp;lt; b.toUpperCase()) {&lt;br /&gt;
        return -1;&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
      else {&lt;br /&gt;
        return 0;&lt;br /&gt;
      }&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
B,C,J,M,P,V&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Use the Array.CASEINSENSITIVE constant to run a case-insensitive sort:==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var words:Array = [&amp;quot;T&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;j&amp;quot;];&lt;br /&gt;
        words.sort(Array.CASEINSENSITIVE);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(words); //a,j,r,T&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Use the Array.NUMERIC constant with the sort( ) method to sort an array of numbers numerically==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var scores:Array = [10, 2, 14, 5, 8, 20, 19, 6];&lt;br /&gt;
        scores.sort(Array.NUMERIC);&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(scores);   //2,5,6,8,10,14,19,20&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==When you sort an array of numbers, the values are sorted according to the ASCII equivalents of the digits==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;java&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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package{&lt;br /&gt;
  import flash.display.Sprite;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  public class Main extends Sprite{&lt;br /&gt;
    public function Main(){&lt;br /&gt;
        var scores:Array = [10, 2, 14, 5, 8, 20, 19, 6];&lt;br /&gt;
        scores.sort(  );&lt;br /&gt;
        trace(scores); //10,14,19,2,20,5,6,8&lt;br /&gt;
    }&lt;br /&gt;
  }&lt;br /&gt;
}&lt;br /&gt;
        &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Admin</name></author>	</entry>

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