I have the VBA collection below
I want to sort by the value such that the collection will end up with the highest double value in the highest index position (i.e. "e" with value 14 is in first index, "c" with value 10 is second, etc). How is this possible?
Public Function SortCollection(ByVal c As Collection) As Collection
Dim n As Long: n = c.Count
If n = 0 Then
Set SortCollection = New Collection
Exit Function
ReDim Index(0 To n - 1) As Long ' allocate index array
Dim i As Long, m As Long
For i = 0 To n - 1: Index(i) = i + 1: Next ' fill index array
For i = n \ 2 - 1 To 0 Step -1 ' generate ordered heap
Heapify c, Index, i, n
Next
For m = n To 2 Step -1 ' sort the index array
Exchange Index, 0, m - 1 ' move highest element to top
Heapify c, Index, 0, m - 1
Next
Dim c2 As New Collection
For i = 0 To n - 1 ' fill output collection
c2.Add c.item(Index(i))
Next
Set SortCollection = c2
End Function
Private Sub Heapify(ByVal c As Collection, Index() As Long, ByVal i1 As Long, ByVal n As Long)
' Heap order rule: a[i] >= a[2*i+1] and a[i] >= a[2*i+2]
Dim nDiv2 As Long: nDiv2 = n \ 2
Dim i As Long: i = i1
Do While i < nDiv2
Dim k As Long: k = 2 * i + 1
If k + 1 < n Then
If c.item(Index(k)) < c.item(Index(k + 1)) Then k = k + 1
End If
If c.item(Index(i)) >= c.item(Index(k)) Then Exit Do
Exchange Index, i, k
i = k
Loop
End Sub
Private Sub Exchange(Index() As Long, ByVal i As Long, ByVal j As Long)
Dim Temp As Long: Temp = Index(i)
Index(i) = Index(j)
Index(j) = Temp
End Sub
As per Domenic in comment and he hasn't answered.
"If you use a Dictionary object instead of a Collection and you can sort by value as shown here. – Domenic Aug 30 at 22:29 "
This works now.