Sorting

[ellimist14]

Ok I know how to sort an array. That's not what I'm asking. Basically my problem analysis is:

I have to read in a file of employee reports

ie
salesID Employee code numunits numdollars
6022 1 3 100.00
6023 1 6 200.00


ok so I read each value into arrays ( salesID[numemployees], employeecode[numemployees], etc)

Then I have to sort them and outpput to a file.

Here's where I have a problem. if salesID 6022 corresponds with 3 units sold, and I sort by numunits, how will it still have the right salesID with it. I hope my querry makes sense

[jsmith]

Make a struct containing all of the fields, then have just one array.

Or, as you sort, you must perform the same swap operations on all arrays.

[ellimist14]

That's the problem. We haven't learned structures yet. So I can't use them. Even if I knew how I'm not allowed to