Re: Length-unaware sorting algorithm

[Tim Hume <tim@...>]

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Soni L. wrote:

> On 25/08/16 10:37 PM, Tim Hume wrote:
> >  On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Soni L. wrote:
> >
> > >  Heapsort assumes there is a length. Insertion sort is just bad, nowhere 
> > >  near quicksort, and it also iterates, effectively calculating a length.
> >
> >  Maybe you can describe the problem you are trying to solve with a bit more
> >  context? That might make it easier to provide suggestions.
> >
> >  Cheers,
> >
> >  Tim.
>
> I wanna sort a Lua table without a concept of length.

I guess the question is why do you want to sort the table without the 
concept of length? Is there some reason you don't know the length of the 
table?

Sorry if I don't quite understand. I'm not a computer scientist (I'm a 
meteorologist) - and am mostly self taught when it comes to programming 
...

Cheers,

Tim.