SORT

The SORT f unction sorts all elements of a dynamic array in ascending left -justified order.

COMMAND SYNTAX
SORT(expression)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS
expression may evaluate to any data type but will only be useful if it evaluates to a dynamic array.

NOTES
The dynamic array can contain any number and combination of system delimiters.

The SORT f unction will return an attribute-delimited array of the sorted elements.

All system delimiters in expression will be converted to an attribute mark '0xFE' in the sorted result. For
example, the following code

MyArray = 'GEORGE':@VM:'FRED':@AM:'JOHN':@SM:'ANDY'

CRT OCONV( SORT(MyArray), 'MCP')

will display:

ANDY^FRED^GEORGE^JOHN

MyArray remains unchanged.

The SORT is achieved by the quick sort algorithm, which sorts in situ and is very fast.

INTERNATIONAL MODE
When using the SORT f unction in International Mode, the function will use the currently configured locale
to determine the rules by which each string is considered less than or greater than the other for sort
purposes.