排序是计算机编程中最常见的任务之一,排序算法也是最基本和常用的算法。存在许多种排序算法,它们的效率和复杂性各不相同。在LotusNotes中,公式语言里有@Sort函数,对List排序。LotusScript里没有类似的可以用作容器的数据结构,也就没有提供针对它们的排序功能。另外,使用LotusScript开发时,主要的数据对象是NotesDocument,而它们的排序都已经在视图里完成了,所以需要排序的情况并不多。但是有时候,我们也会遇到排序的需求,比如针对列表字段里的多值或是没有存在于文档中的数据。这时就需要我们在LotusScript里实现排序算法。这并不是特别困难的事,不过如果你想省事(像我一样),也可以使用现成的代码,比如下面的这几个用于排序的函数就来自于LotusNotes自带的模版数据库:
Public Function QuickSort(sArray As Variant) As Variant Dim sA() As String Dim j As Long Dim bottom As Long Dim top As Long Dim vA As Variant bottom = LBound ( sArray ) top = UBound ( sArray ) ReDim sA( bottom To top ) As String For j = bottom To top sA ( j ) = sArray ( j ) Next ' DoQS does a QuickSort if the Sublist is longer than 10 elements ' Thus, when DoQS finishes, all elements are within 10 spots of their correct location. ' For lists that are close to being in order, an Insertion Sort is much faster than a QuickSort, so we ' run through the whole thing once doing an Insertion Sort to finish tidying up the order. Call DoQS( sA, bottom, top ) Call DoInsertSort ( sA, bottom, top ) ReDim vA(bottom To top) As Variant For j = bottom To top vA ( j ) = sA ( j ) Next QuickSort = vA End Function Sub DoInsertSort ( sA() As String, ByVal bottom As Long, ByVal top As Long ) Dim i As Long Dim x As Long Dim v As String Dim Found As Integer For i = bottom+1 To top x = i v = sA (i ) Do While (sA(x-1) > v) sA ( x ) = sA ( x-1 ) x = x - 1 If x=0 Then Exit Do End If Loop sA (x) = v Next End Sub Sub DoQS( sA() As String, bottom As Long, top As Long ) ' Called by QuickSort Dim length As Long Dim i As Long Dim j As Long Dim Pivot As Long Dim PivotValue As String Dim t As String Dim LastSmall As Long length = top - bottom + 1 ' Only do the QuickSort if the sublist is at least 10 items long If length > 10 Then ' Pivot is chosen approx. halfway through sublist. ' This gives us best speed if list is almost sorted already, and is no worse than any ' other choice if the list is in random order. Pivot = bottom + (length \ 2) ' Move PivotValue out of the way PivotValue = sA( Pivot ) sA ( Pivot ) = sA ( bottom ) sA ( bottom ) = PivotValue ' LastSmall is the location of the last value smaller than PivotValue LastSmall = bottom For i = bottom + 1 To top If sA ( i ) < PivotValue Then LastSmall = LastSmall + 1 t = sA ( i ) sA ( i ) = sA ( LastSmall ) sA ( LastSmall ) = t End If Next ' Move the PivotValue back t = sA ( LastSmall ) sA ( LastSmall ) = sA ( bottom ) sA ( bottom ) = t Pivot = LastSmall ' Now sort each side Call DoQS ( sA, bottom, Pivot - 1 ) Call DoQS ( sA, Pivot + 1, top ) End If End Sub
只需要调用QuickSort函数,它会对参数中的数组排序然后返回。它根据数组的大小采用快速排序和插入排序两种不同的算法。