Referencing entries on a ds_grid after sorting it

[Toxicosis]

I was wondering, is there a way in which a ds_grid's entries can be referenced again after they are sorted?

Let's say I have a specific row in a ds_grid. If I sort the grid, the old row might (or might not) be displaced to a different row number. Is there any way to get the row's new number after sorting? The only way I can think of is adding a column for "initial row", then checking one by one the values until I find the old one. That cannot be too efficient.

Thanks for your time.

 

[YellowAfterlife]

Adding your said "index column" and using ds_grid_value_y to find the row index again would be the best approach, since ds_grid does not store row indexes as-is.
Other option would be to store an array with actual data in one column and "weight" in other column (meaning that references to arrays would remain valid after sorting), but whether this is a good idea would depend on other factors as well.

 

[Toxicosis]

That ought do, YA. Thanks!