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VBA-tools / VBA-Dictionary

Drop-in replacement for Scripting.Dictionary on Mac
MIT License
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sorting #19

Closed Shoelace closed 7 years ago

Shoelace commented 7 years ago

i know the stated intent is for a drop-in replacement of Scripting.dictionary.

but i think there would be value in adding some "bonus features" like sorted outputs..

ie. if there was a Dict.sortedKeys option i'm sure it would get used.

Shoelace commented 7 years ago

that may not be a goodexample.. but being able to go

for x in Dict.sorted
    'do stuff
next

where the values come in a sorted order would be extremely useful

timhall commented 7 years ago

Hi @Shoelace thanks for the suggestion, but I'm pretty firmly in the drop-in replacement camp and have some future work planned that strictly requires it (deciding at build time whether to include this library or a Scripting Runtime reference).

Additionally, I have had some trouble finding a straightforward, cross-platform sort method so if you come up with a reusable method, please feel free to post it here and I can revisit adding it or can add it as an example.