Warp wrote:
>   The standard arrays.inc already provides a Sort_Array() macro.
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Reference_Section_7#arrays.inc
> 

True, but it does one array! It doesn't move associated arrays with it. 
My idea is you have a group of arrays linked so if you sort using one of 
them all the others are also move around. The Sort_Array() macro could 
be modified to do so. You would have to rewrite it for every time the 
number of arrays you have changed. I basically do that rewrite for ya.
  What I had in mind is you put the Master name and all the sub names 
into 'Linker' and it would make all the arrays and macros you need.
  As an example I want a 50 element array of Robots. I'd use 'Robot' as 
the Master and subs of 'Color', 'Location' and 'Active'. 'Linker' will 
make this:

   #declare RoBot_Color=array[50];
   #declare RoBot_Location=array[50];
   #declare RoBot_Active=array[50];
  #macro RoBot_Put(Element,ColorV,LocationV,ActiveV)...
  #macro RoBot_Get(Element,ColorV,LocationV,ActiveV)...
  #macro RoBot_Swap(Element1,Element2)...
  #macro RoBot_Copy(Element1,Element2)...
  #macro RoBot_Sort(Array)...

Now all I have to do is fill up the arrays and do something with them.
The macros will only work with the 3 arrays. Now back to 'Sort' the way 
I it is now I didn't use the Sort_Array() from 'arrays.inc'. I made an 
simpler one that was easier to write to file.

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