It is sometimes necessary to sort a set of points into a predictable LRTB (Left to Right, Top to Bottom) order.
The first time I had to do this I thought it was too unusual to merit inclusion in my Node Library. The second time I thought it was still more of a fluke than a regular thing. But the third time I finally decided to make an official Library Node.
order_LRTB takes a list of points and returns those same points in Left to Right, Top to Bottom order.
You would think you could do this by simply using a sort points node by X and a second one by Y, but the Y sort does not preserve the previous order for points with the same Y value.
The attached demo and screenshot show this. I take a 16-sided polygon - which creates points in clockwise order - and feed those points first into a X and Y sort, then into the order_LRTB node. I then divide the points into pairs and draw an arrow from the first point to the second. The X and Y points come out in Y order, but not consistently in an X order for each pair. The order_LRTB node sorts them correctly.
Not a big deal. But handy every now and then. Included in the next rev of my library COMING SOON!
John
