Split and Combine

[J. Landman Gay]

On 4/30/04 6:49 PM, Raymond E. Griffith wrote:

> I am using split and combine with tab-delimited data. The data is returned
> in a different order with combine than it was originally configured. I can,
> of course, regather the data with a repeat for each line in keys(foo) type
> of coding, but that is less efficient. It also appears to affect lines with
> larger than nine entries. Any ideas?

Arrays are recombined according to an internal hash and they don't 
preserve the original order. The only solution is to either sort the 
returned data or reconstruct the order the way you mention.

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