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Function CharSort() Foundation

Sorts characters or substrings within a string.

Syntax
CharSort( <cString>               , ;
          [<nSubstrLen>]          , ;  // Default: 1
          [<nCompareLen>]         , ;  // Default: 1
          [<nIgnoreCharsFromLeft>], ;  // Default: 0
          [<nSubstringOffset>]    , ;  // Default: 0
          [<nSortLen>]            , ;  // Default: Len(cString)
          [<lDescending>]           ;  // Default: .F.
        ) --> cResultString
Parameters
<nSubstrLen>
Numeric value defines the length of one substring to be sorted.
<nCompareLen>
Numeric value defines the number of the first characters of a substring to be considered for the sort.
<nIgnoreCharsFromLeft>
Number of characters at the beginning of <cString> to be ignored for the sort.
<nSubstringOffset>
Number of characters to be ignored at the beginning of the substring.
<nSortLen>
Number of characters of <cString> to be sorted ( Defaults to Len(cString) )
<lDescending>
Descending sort if set .T.
Return

Returns the processed string or a null string ("") in case of an error.

Description

Sorts characters or substrings within a string.

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