Sorting Parallel Arrays

[CrisIsRatedX]

In Visual Basic 2005 is it possible to parallel sort three or maybe four arrays? I have a function that is trying to accomplish this but it only parallel sorts the second array with the Array that it is being sorted with. Here is the code

   Sub ParallelListBoxSort(ByVal byList As ListBox, ByVal otherLists() As ListBox)
        Dim ii As Integer = 0
        Dim a As Integer = otherLists.Length
        Dim lstArray() As String = listToArray(byList)
        While ii < a - 1
            Dim newArray() As String = listToArray(otherLists(ii))
            Array.Sort(lstArray, newArray)
            MessageBox.Show(otherLists(ii).Name)
            setArrayToListCollection(otherLists(ii), newArray)
            If ii = 0 Then
                setArrayToListCollection(byList, lstArray)
            End If
            ii += 1
        End While
   End Sub

'listToArray' is just a function that converts a list to an 1-Dimensional array and 'setArrayToListCollection' just puts the array back into the appropriated list. Thank you for any help or advice you have to offer.

[.paul.]

try this:

[jmcilhinney]

In Visual Basic 2005 is it possible to parallel sort three or maybe four arrays?

Yes, but there really is no good reason to do so. You really should be defining a class with the appropriate properties so that, instead of having three or four arrays/collections, you have one array/collection of objects that have three or four properties. You could bind that one list to all your ListBoxes and then simply sort the list as desired and each ListBox will reflect that.