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Name

### sort()

Examples

    float[] a = { 3.4, 3.6, 2, 0, 7.1 };
    a = sort(a);
    println(a);

    String[] s = { "deer", "elephant", "bear", "aardvark", "cat" };
    s = sort(s);
    println(s);  // Prints aardvark, bear, cat, deer, elephant on separate lines

    String[] s = { "deer", "elephant", "bear", "aardvark", "cat" };
    s = sort(s, 3);
    println(s);  // Prints bear, dear, elephant, aardvark, cat on separate lines

Description

Sorts an array of numbers from smallest to largest and puts an array of words in alphabetical order. The original array is not modified, a re-ordered array is returned. The count parameter states the number of elements to sort. For example if there are 12 elements in an array and if count is the value 5, only the first five elements on the array will be sorted. As of release 0126, the alphabetical ordering is case insensitive.

Syntax

    sort(dataArray)
    sort(dataArray, count)

Parameters

dataArray | String[], int[], or float[]
count | int

Returns | Array (same datatype as the input)
Usage | Web & Application
Related | reverse()

Updated on August 30, 2010 04:29:39pm EDT