source: trunk/SRC/ToBeReviewed/HOPE/sortdim.pro @ 134

function sortdim, dims, inverse=inverse
;
;   IDL> a=['x','y','t','z'] 
;   IDL> b=a[sortdim(a)] 
;   IDL> print, a 
;   x y t z
;   IDL> print, b 
;   x y z t
;   IDL> print, b[sortdim(a,/inv)] 
;   x y t z
;   IDL> a='xytz'
;   IDL> print, sortdim(a)
;              0           1           3           2
;
;
;
;
  compile_opt idl2, strictarrsubs
;
   tosort = dims
   if n_elements(tosort) eq 1 then $
    tosort = string(reform(byte(tosort),1,(strlen(tosort))[0]))
   tosort = strrepl(tosort,strwhere(tosort,'x'),'a')
   tosort = strrepl(tosort,strwhere(tosort,'y'),'b')
   tosort = strrepl(tosort,strwhere(tosort,'z'),'c')
   tosort = strrepl(tosort,strwhere(tosort,'t'),'d')
   tosort = uniq(tosort,sort(tosort))
   if keyword_set(inverse) then tosort=sort(tosort)
   return, tosort

end
;