sort according to z position

[alican_90]

hello;

i am new in scripting. i am trying to sort my objects in an array according to their z position value. İ mean have 10 objects in the scene and they are randomly positioned in z axis. How can i manage to sort them in an array according to their z position value

thanks

[blakestone]

You can use qsort to define your own functions and how you want your array sorted - below is sorting the selection based on the z position

(
	local my_selection = selection as array
	
	fn sort_z v1 v2 = (
		local result = v1.position.z - v2.position.z
	)
	
	qsort my_selection sort_z
	
	for i in my_selection do print i
)

[alican_90]

thank you but how can i reverse qsort array ?

[alican_90]

i mean in reverse direction

[blakestone · Accepted solution]

v1 - v2 = accending || v2 - v1 = decending... I have adjusted the script so you can simply set the mode: 1 = accending || 2 = decending

Hopefully this makes sense?

(
	local my_selection = selection as array
	local mode = 1	-- *** 1 = accending | 2 = decending ***
	
	fn sort_z v1 v2 = (
		
		if (mode == 1) then local result = v1.position.z - v2.position.z
		else if (mode == 2) then local result = v2.position.z - v1.position.z
	)
	
	qsort my_selection sort_z
	
	for i in my_selection do print i
)