39 | Sorting Records |
When you’re looking at results, you’ll want to be able to sort them so you can find what you’re looking for quickly or do some quick visual comparisons.
Given the following data set
First Name | Last Name | Position | Separation date |
---|---|---|---|
John | Johnson | Manager | 2016-12-31 |
Tou | Xiong | Software Engineer | 2016-10-05 |
Michaela | Michaelson | District Manager | 2015-12-19 |
Jake | Jacobson | Programmer | |
Jacquelyn | Jackson | DBA | |
Sally | Weber | Web Developer | 2015-12-18 |
create a program that sorts all employees by last name and prints them to the screen in a tabular format.
Example Output
| Name | Position | Separation Date |
| --------------------|-------------------|---------------- |
| Jacquelyn Jackson | DBA | |
| Jake Jacobson | Programmer | |
| John Johnson | Manager | 2016-12-31 |
| Michaela Michaelson ... |
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