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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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