Dumb Sort Question

[Gregory Lypny]

Hi Everyone,

     I've created a neat little function that calculates stats and a 
distribution for test grades very quickly.  To create a frequency 
distribution of letter grades (how many A's, B's, C's, and so on), I use 
an associative array where the keys are A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, ..., F, and 
I just plunk number grades into each element according to my conversion 
criteria.

     My problem is that when I put the keys into a variable, say, Distn, 
and sort it, it comes out as

     A
     A+
     A-

     rather than

     A+
     A
     A-

     which still represents the correct frquencies but is not convenient 
to read.  Is there a handy trick to sorting Distn to get the order I 
want?  I've tried to precede each key by a number ( 1  A+,  2 A, 3  A-, 
...) and sort it, but I get gobbledeegoop.

     Regards,

          Greg

 

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Gregory Lypny
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Concordia University
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