# How to sort this Multi-D array?

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**Created:** [February 15, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-sort-this-multi-d-array/281930 "2009-02-15T15:25:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-sort-this-multi-d-array/281930/1 "2009-02-15T15:25:45Z")

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EDIT::  
Just realised I could of asked this a lot shorter =/  
How / Can I use array.push() to make an associative array that keeps its order the way I added the item?

Sorry if this is confusing!!

ORIGINAL::  
So I have this Multidimensional array that stores objects that are sorted into groups.

The array structure looks like this:

```auto

Array{

    V{obj,obj,obj etc...}

    K{obj,obj,obj etc...}

    S{obj,obj,obj etc...}

    T{obj,obj,obj etc...}

    N{obj,obj,obj etc...}

 And so on...
}

```

I have been adding these groups to the main array like this, because I need to be able to pull certain groups from the array.

```auto

array['V'] = array{obj,obj,obj etc...};
array['K'] = array{obj,obj,obj etc...};
array['S'] = array{obj,obj,obj etc...};
array['T'] = array{obj,obj,obj etc...};
array['N'] = array{obj,obj,obj etc...};

```

Now this all works fine, until I want to loop through the array and print the groups in order. The order of the groups is not kept from how I added them.

So I thought about adding them using the array function push() but how do I do this do its associative?