From 772563ed6a25b7ea090d33ad0344c2f7796fa752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YuCheng Hu <huyuchengus@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 23:59:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] init submit sort function

---
 routines/SortingNames.m | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 routines/SortingNames.m

diff --git a/routines/SortingNames.m b/routines/SortingNames.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c557fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routines/SortingNames.m
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+ ; https://www.isharkfly.com/t/mumps-sorting-names/15225
+ new name
+ set name=$$getName()
+ if name="" quit
+ write !,"You entered: ",name
+ DO validateAndAddName(name, .nameAry)
+  set name=""
+ f  s name=$O(nameAry(name)) q:name=""  w !,nameAry(name)
+ quit
+validateAndAddName(name,nameAry)
+ SET nameAry(0)=name
+getName() new name,done,error
+ for  read !,"Enter a name (LAST,FIRST MI):",name quit:name=""  do  quit:done
+ . set done=$$isValidName(.name,.error)
+ . if 'done write !,error
+ quit name
+isValidName(name,error)
+ set name=$$up(name)
+ if name'?1.U1",".1" "1.U.1(1" "1U) set error="Invalid name" quit 0
+ quit 1
+ ;validateAndAddName(name,nameAry)
+up(str)
+ quit $TRANSLATE(str,"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz","ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")