C#

while (c < NumberOfRecords)<br />
            {<br />
<br />
                while (index < NumberOfRecords)<br />
                {<br />
                    AlphaItem = AlphabetisedItemNames[c];<br />
                    NonAlphaItem = ItemsArray[index].GetName();<br />
<br />
                    if (NonAlphaItem == AlphaItem)<br />
                    {<br />
                        AlphabetisedItemsArray[c] = ItemsArray[index];<br />
<br />
                        c++;<br />
<br />
                        if (c < NumberOfRecords)<br />
                        { index = 0; }<br />
                        else<br />
                        { index = NumberOfRecords; }<br />
                        <br />
                    }<br />
                    else { index++; }<br />
                }<br />
<br />
                c++;<br />
<br />
            } 

Items[] theItems = ...;
Array.Sort<Items>(theItems, CompareItems);

...

int CompareItems(Items first, Items second)
{
   return first.Name.CompareTo(second.Name);
}

leckey wrote:

That's so common here that I find it surprising that you never heard it before.