sort()

Read(1902) Label: members of a sequence, sort,

Here’s how to use sort() function.

A .sort()

Description:

Generate a new sequence by sorting the members of a sequence.

Syntax:

A.sort( x;loc)

A.sort(xi:di,..... ;loc)

Note:

The function generates a new sequence by sorting the members of sequence A according to expression x and in the order of the language loc. Return the original sequence A with data structure retained if it is empty. If omitting loc, then sort them by comparing their unicode values.

Parameter:

A

A sequence

x

An expression, according to which the members of sequence A will be sorted ascendingly.

xi

An expression, which is a member of sequence A and which will be sorted in ascending order. If there are multiple expressions, they can be written as a compound expression in the form of xi:di,.., according to which the sorting will be performed

di

Sorting order: >0 represents ascending order, which is the default, and <0 descending order

loc

Language name; case-insensitive

 

Values for loc:

ja_JP

Japanese

Japan

es_PE

Spanish

Peru

en

English

 

ja_JP_JP

Japanese

Japan

es_PA

Spanish

Panama

sr_BA

Serbian

Bosnia and Herzegovina

mk

Macedonian

 

es_GT

Spanish

Guatemala

ar_AE

Arabic

United Arab Emirates

no_NO

Norwegian

Norway

sq_AL

Albanian

Albania

bg

Bulgarian

 

ar_IQ

Arabic

Iraq

ar_YE

Arabic

Yemen

hu

Hungarian

 

pt_PT

Portuguese

Portugal

el_CY

Greek

Cyprus

ar_QA

Arabic

Qatar

mk_MK

Macedonian

Macedonia

sv

Swedish

 

de_CH

German

Switzerland

en_US

English

United States

fi_FI

Finnish

Finland

is

Icelandic

 

cs

Czech 

 

en_MT

English

Malta

sl_SI

Slovenian

Slovenia

sk_SK

Slovak

Slovakia

it

Italian

 

tr_TR

Turkish

Turkey

zh

Chinese

 

th

Thai

 

ar_SA

Arabic

Saudi Arabia

no

Norwegian

 

en_GB

English

United Kingdom

sr_CS

Serbian

Serbia and Montenegro

lt

Lithuanian

 

ro

Romanian

 

en_NZ

English

New Zealand

no_NO_NY

Norwegian Norway

Nynorsk

lt_LT

Lithuanian

Lithuania

es_NI

Spanish

Nicaragua

nl

Dutch 

 

ga_IE

Irish

Ireland

fr_BE

French

Belgium

es_ES

Spanish

Spain

ar_LB

Arabic

Lebanon

ko

Korean

 

fr_CA

French

Canada

et_EE

Estonian

Estonia

ar_KW

Arabic

Kuwait

sr_RS

Serbian

Serbia

es_US

Spanish

United States

es_MX

Spanish

Mexico

ar_SD

Arabic

Sudan

in_ID

Indonesian

Indonesia

ru

Russian

 

lv

Latvian

 

es_UY

Spanish

Uruguay

lv_LV

Latvian

Latvia

iw

Hebrew

 

pt_BR

Portuguese

Brazil

ar_SY

Arabic

Syria

hr

Croatian

 

et

Estonian

 

es_DO

Spanish

Dominican Republic

fr_CH

French

Switzerland

hi_IN

Hindi

India

es_VE

Spanish

Venezuela

ar_BH

Arabic

Bahrain

en_PH

English

Philippines

ar_TN

Arabic

Tunisia

fi

Finnish

 

de_AT

German

Austria

es

Spanish

 

nl_NL

Dutch

Netherlands

es_EC

Spanish

Ecuador

zh_TW

Chinese

Taiwan

ar_JO

Arabic

Jordan

be

Belarusian

 

is_IS

Icelandic

Iceland

es_CO

Spanish

Colombia

es_CR

Spanish

Costa Rica

es_CL

Spanish

Chile

ar_EG

Arabic

Egypt

en_ZA

English

South Africa

th_TH

Thai

Thailand

el_GR

Greek

Greece

it_IT

Italian

Italy

ca

Catalan

 

hu_HU

Hungarian

Hungary

fr

French

 

en_IE

English

Ireland

uk_UA

Ukrainian

Ukraine

pl_PL

Polish

Poland

fr_LU

French

Luxembourg

nl_BE

Dutch

Belgium

en_IN

English

India

ca_ES

Catalan

Spain

ar_MA

Arabic

Morocco

es_BO

Spanish

Bolivia

en_AU

English

Australia

sr

Serbian

 

zh_SG

Chinese

Singapore

pt

Portuguese

 

uk

Ukrainian

 

es_SV

Spanish

El Salvador

ru_RU

Russian

Russia

ko_KR

Korean

South Korea

vi

Vietnamese

 

ar_DZ

Arabic

Algeria

vi_VN

Vietnamese

Vietnam

sr_ME

Serbian

Montenegro

sq

Albanian

 

ar_LY

Arabic

Libya

ar

Arabic

 

zh_CN

Chinese

China

be_BY

Belarusian

Belarus

zh_HK

Chinese

Hong Kong

ja

Japanese

 

iw_IL

Hebrew

Israel

bg_BG

Bulgarian

Bulgaria

in

Indonesian

 

mt_MT

Maltese

Malta

es_PY

Spanish

Paraguay

sl

Slovenian

 

fr_FR

French

France

cs_CZ

Czech

Czech Republic

it_CH

Italian

Switzerland

ro_RO

Romanian

Romania

es_PR

Spanish

Puerto Rico

en_CA

English

Canada

de_DE

German

Germany

ga

Irish

 

de_LU

German

Luxembourg

de

German

 

es_AR

Spanish

Argentina

sk

Slovak

 

ms_MY

Malay

Malaysia

hr_HR

Croatian

Croatia

en_SG

English

Singapore

da

Danish

 

mt

Maltese

 

pl

Polish

 

ar_OM

Arabic

Oman

tr

Turkish

 

th_TH_TH

Thai

Thailand  TH

el

Greek

 

ms

Malay

 

sv_SE

Swedish

Sweden

da_DK

Danish

Denmark

es_HN

Spanish

Honduras

Option:

@u

Create multi-level sorting based on specified fields and according to the original order in which records first appear.

@m

Use parallel algorithm to enhance performance to handle data-intensive and computation-intensive tasks.

@z

Sorting in descending order

@n

The option can increase the numbering efficiency, but can only be used when the specified expression returns a positive integer; support using ordinal numbers

@0

Put a null-value member or records with null values at the end

@v

Return result as a pure table sequence when sequence A is a pure table sequence; return a pure sequence by default

Return value:

A sorted sequence

Example:

 

A

 

1

=[2,1,3,8,6,5]

 

2

=A1.sort()

[1,2,3,5,6,8].

3

=["s","e","a","d"].sort(;"en")

[a,d,e,s].

Sort the sequence by the English language specified by “en”.

4

=demo.query("select * from EMPLOYEE ")

 

5

=A4.sort(DEPT,BIRTHDAY:-1)

First sort the sequence by DEPT in ascending order, and then sort it by BIRTHDAY in descending order.

6

=file("D:/txt/test1.txt").import@t()

7

=A6.sort@u(f1,f2,f3)

Create multi-level sorting according to the fields f1, f2 and f3 in the original order.

8

=demo.query("select * from EMPLOYEE")

 

9

=A8.sort@m(DEPT,BIRTHDAY:-1)

Use @m option to increase performance of big data handling.

10

=A1.sort@z()

[8,6,5,3,2,1].

11

=[2,1,3,,8,6,5]

 

12

=A11.sort()

[null,1,2,3,5,6,8].

13

=A12.sort@0()

[1,2,3,5,6,8,null].

Related function:

A.psort()

A.swap(p,q)

A.rvs()