Sorting with multiple conditions in QDir::entryInfoList

Question

Qt's doc says that QDir::entryInfoList can accept multiple sorting conditions but how to do is unclear to me.

This enum describes the sort options available to QDir, e.g. for entryList() and entryInfoList(). 
The sort value is specified by OR-ing together values from the following list: 

QDir::Name  0x00    Sort by name.
QDir::Time  0x01    Sort by time (modification time).
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I assume OR-ing needs to be done somehow by can't think of how for now (I think have to go back and review bit-shifting?) but could someone tell me how? Appreciate it.

(Anyway this description isn't clear as a document for high-level language?)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 27 '12 at 16:32

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QDir::SortFlags is actually a typedef of QFlags<QDir::SortFlag>, type-safe way of storing OR-combinations of enum values.

So what you do is simply QDir::Name | QDir::Time in your case as the argument to QDir::entryInfoList() method.

answered Aug 27 '12 at 16:32

Morten Kristensen

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How could you use more than two 'sorts'? – Nicholas Johnson Jan 01 '16 at 04:53
Then you simply OR together more values. – Morten Kristensen Apr 27 '16 at 07:37

Sorting with multiple conditions in QDir::entryInfoList

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