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SORT - Quick reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

SORT [ASCENDING|DESCENDING] 
     [AS TEXT] 

     [STABLE] 
     [BY {field1 [ASCENDING|DESCENDING] [AS TEXT]} 

         {field2 [ASCENDING|DESCENDING] [AS TEXT]} 
         ...]. 

Effect

Obsolete

Additions

• ASCENDING
  Sorts in ascending order.
• DESCENDING
  Sorts in descending order.
• AS TEXT
  Sorts text-like components in accordance with the locale of the current text environment.
• STABLE
  Ensures stable sorting by retaining the relative order of non-affected lines.
• BY field1 ... field2 ...
  Sorts by specified fields field1, field2, ... instead of by field group header.