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Create a stack of cards similar to a Solitaire stack in as3
var cardList : Array;
var cardStack : Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(cardStack);

for(var i : int = 0 ; i < cardList.length ; i++)
{
    // adds it at below all displayObject in "cardStack"
    cardStack.addChildAt(cardList[i], 0);
    // adds it on top of all displayObject in "cardStack"
    cardStack.addChild(cardList[i]);
}

var sortedCardArray:Array = [];

while (cardContainer.numChildren)
{
     sortedCardArray.push(cardContainer.removeChildAt(0));
}

/*
/   This assumes that all the values of the cards
/   are numeric (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack=11, Queen=12, King=13, Ace=14)
*/
sortedCardArray.sortOn("variableWithTheCardNumber", Array.NUMERIC | Array.DESCENDING);

var n:int = sortedCardArray.length;
for(var i:int = 0 ; i < n ; i++)
{
    cardContainer.addChild(sortedCardArray[i]);
}