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SortDataArray

vtk-examples/Cxx/Utilities/SortDataArray

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Code

SortDataArray.cxx

#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkIntArray.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkSortDataArray.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{

  vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> valueArray;
  valueArray->InsertNextValue(20.0);
  valueArray->InsertNextValue(10.0);
  valueArray->InsertNextValue(30.0);

  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> keyArray;
  keyArray->InsertNextValue(1);
  keyArray->InsertNextValue(0);
  keyArray->InsertNextValue(2);

  std::cout << "Unsorted: " << valueArray->GetValue(0) << " "
            << valueArray->GetValue(1) << " " << valueArray->GetValue(2)
            << std::endl;

  // Sort the array
  vtkNew<vtkSortDataArray> sortDataArray;
  sortDataArray->Sort(keyArray, valueArray);

  std::cout << "Sorted: " << valueArray->GetValue(0) << " "
            << valueArray->GetValue(1) << " " << valueArray->GetValue(2)
            << std::endl;

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(SortDataArray)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "SortDataArray: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(SortDataArray MACOSX_BUNDLE SortDataArray.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(SortDataArray PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS SortDataArray
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build SortDataArray

Click here to download SortDataArray and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball SortDataArray.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd SortDataArray/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./SortDataArray

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.