Title: How to sort a Stringlist with the CustomSort Method
function CompareDates(List: TStringList; Index1, Index2: Integer): Integer;
var
d1, d2: TDateTime;
begin
d1 := StrToDate(List[Index1]);
d2 := StrToDate(List[Index2]);
if d1 then
Result := -1
else if d1 d2 then Result := 1
else
Result := 0;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
sl: TStringList;
begin
sl := TStringList.Create;
try
// listbox1.Sorted := False !
sl.Assign(listbox1.Items);
sl.CustomSort(CompareDates);
listbox1.Items.Assign(sl);
finally
sl.Free
end;
end;
end.
{********************************************************************}
{ To sort Integer values:}
function CompareInt(List: TStringList; Index1, Index2: Integer): Integer;
var
d1, d2: Integer;
r1, r2: Boolean;
function IsInt(AString : string; var AInteger : Integer): Boolean;
var
Code: Integer;
begin
Val(AString, AInteger, Code);
Result := (Code = 0);
end;
begin
r1 := IsInt(List[Index1], d1);
r2 := IsInt(List[Index2], d2);
Result := ord(r1 or r2);
if Result 0 then
begin
if d1 then
Result := -1
else if d1 d2 then
Result := 1
else
Result := 0;
end else
Result := lstrcmp(PChar(List[Index1]), PChar(List[Index2]));
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
sl: TStringList;
begin
sl := TStringList.Create;
try
// listbox1.Sorted := False;
sl.Assign(listbox1.Items);
sl.CustomSort(CompareInt);
listbox1.Items.Assign(sl);
finally
sl.Free;
end;
end;