SortMonthNames Function
Provides a means to sort month names by their numbers.
[ActiveDocument.]SortMonthNames (a, b)
Array.sort([ActiveDocument.]SortMonthNames)
Arguments
- a
- Required. The first value to use in the comparison.
- b
- Required. The second value to use in the comparison.
Return Value
The SortMonthNames function returns the following values:
| If |
SortMonthNames returns |
| Neither a nor b is in the MonthName array and a = "Month25" |
-1 |
| Neither a nor b is in the MonthName array and b = "Month25" |
1 |
Neither a nor b is in the MonthName array and Neither a nor b = "Month25"
| a == b |
0 |
| a < b |
-1 |
| a > b |
1 |
|
| a is not in the MonthName array |
1 |
| b is not in the MonthName array |
-1 |
| a nor b are both in the MonthName array |
month number of a minus month number of b |
Remarks
The following example uses SortMonthNames to sort a list of months by month number:
var arr = new Array("April", "August", "December", "February", "January", "July", "June", "March", "May", "November", "October", "September");
arr.sort(SortMonthNames);
Console.Writeln(arr.toString()); // returns January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December
Requirements