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Sort multidimensional arrays in AS3 (alphabetically)

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  1. public function orderAlphabetically(a, b):Number{
  2. 	var pos:uint = 0;
  3. 	while(a[0].charCodeAt(pos) == b[0].charCodeAt(pos)){
  4. 		pos++;
  5. 	}
  6. 	var num1:uint = a[0].charCodeAt(pos);
  7. 	var num2:uint = b[0].charCodeAt(pos);
  8. 	if(isNaN(num1)){
  9. 		num1= 0;
  10. 	}
  11. 	if(isNaN(num2)){
  12. 		num2= 0;
  13. 	}
  14. 	if(num1<num2){
  15. 		return -1;
  16. 	}else if(num1>num2) {
  17. 		return 1;
  18. 	}else{
  19. 		return 0;
  20. 	}
  21. }

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