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		function personRecord(firstName,lastName)<br/>
		{<br/>
		    this.firstName=firstName;<br/>
		    this.lastName=lastName;<br/>

		}<br/> <br/>
		// Create new main array.<br/>
		var personArray = new Array();<br/> <br/>
		// set the inital state of the array<br/>

		personArray[0] = new personRecord("John","Doe");<br/>
		personArray[1] = new personRecord("Micky","Mouse");<br/>
		personArray[2] = new personRecord("Minnie","Mouse");<br/>
		personArray[3] = new personRecord("James","Bond");<br/>
		personArray[4] = new personRecord("George","Bush");<br/> <br/>

		function buildIndex()<br/>
		{<br/>
		    var swapit=0; // do we need to do a swap<br/> <br/>
		    // create some temporary variables to store the data when we do the swapping<br/>

		    var temp_first_name="";<br/>
		    var temp_last_name="";<br/> <br/>
		    // set a local variable equal to the length of the array<br/>
		    var maxPeople=personArray.length;<br/> <br/>

		    // Bubble sort by Last Name alphabetically<br/>
		    for (i=0;i<maxPeople;i++)<br/>
		    {<br/>
		        if ((i+1)<maxPeople)<br/>

		        {<br/>
		            for (j=(i+1);j<maxPeople;j++)<br/>
		            {<br/>
		                swapit=0; // reset the swap flag<br/> <br/>

		                if (personArray[i].lastName > personArray[j].lastName)<br/>
		                {<br/>
		                    swapit=1;<br/>
		                }<br/> <br/>

		                // if we need to do the swap<br/>
		                if (swapit==1)<br/>
		                {<br/>
		                    temp_first_name=personArray[i].firstName;<br/>
		                    temp_last_name=personArray[i].lastName;<br/>

		                    personArray[i].firstName=personArray[j].firstName;<br/>
		                    personArray[i].lastName=personArray[j].lastName;<br/>
		                    personArray[j].firstName=temp_first_name;<br/>
		                    personArray[j].lastName=temp_last_name;<br/>
		                }<br/>

		            }<br/>
		        }<br/>
		    }<br/>
		}
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