Re: [Pbwebgui-development] Form::selectList Sort Modification

[Roy J. <RJo...@sp...>]

> Hello,
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> I realized that when using HTMLForm::selectList that the items in the =
list were returned in an unsorted order.  For a particular form I'm =
creating, I needed the items in the list to be sorted by the 'value' of =
the options hash.  Attached is some code that does this. (alphabetically =
ascending case-insensitive)
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> Basically, when you call selectList from Form.pm you pass an additional =
parameter:
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> sortByValue =3D> 1
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> I haven't actually used this in a WebGUI site yet because I wanted to =
run this by you guys before I got too excited.  The attached script simply =
prints the generated HTML to stdout and demonstrates a simple example.
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> Thanks,
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> Roy
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>>It's a good idea to include this functionality in the actual selectList=
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method, but I think you can make it a bit shorter.  Check out the=20
Tie::IxHash module which is actually used all over the place in WebGUI=20
already to sort select lists.  I don't think anyone thought to include=20
it in the actual selectList method yet though for some reason. :)
Check out the attached script.
>>
>> -Andy

Okay, I didn't know it was possible to make a hash keep elements in any =
kind of order.  All of my Perl books have been beating the idea into my =
head that 'Hashes have no order except the order that perl likes' so I =
appreciate your feedback.

I will re-implement my idea using your suggested method as it will be =
cleaner and easier to follow in the code.  This time will also update the =
POD and test on our development site.  If all goes well, I will repost.

Thanks again,

Roy