how to INSERT data in an ARRAY in ARBITRARY order??

[windalfred0]

Dear all

I want to declare an array with 3000 elements, ,and then add data to the array in arbitrary order

I have tried the following

CArrayPtrFlat<CResData)* iArray;
iArray = new (ELeave) CArrayPtrFlat<CResData> (3000);

then i tried to use a for loop to add data

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for(TInt i=0; i<size; i++) // size is supposed to be smaller than 3K
{
id = GetId();
iArray->InsertL(id, data);
}
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I know that InsertL cannot perform what i want because i cannot insert to a position GREATER than the number of elements in the array

So how to achieve the arbbitrary insertion??

thx a lot

[sopta007]

AppendL() doesn't work for you?

[sopta007]

oops, I was too quick, I see it now..:-)
Cannot you sort the elements before you start to adding them into the array?

[veskola]

Hello, I have used this kind arrays for sorting:

RPointerArray<CResData> iArray;

// Returns positive value,
// if aLeft object has creater position, negative value if aRight
// object has creater position, and zero if positions are equal.
static TInt CResData::CompareItemPositions (const CResData& aLeft,const CResData& aRight)
{
    return aLeft.iDesiredPosition - aRight.iDesiredPosition;
}


TLinearOrder<CResData> key CResData::CompareItemPositions);

CResData* item = CResData::NewL(position);
item->iDesiredPosition = 666;
User::LeaveIfError(iArray.InsertInOrderAllowRepeats (item,key));

// Now item is in place '1' but it will be in place 666 when there is all 3k items are added.

Br V.