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Order
  • Order[ , ] gives 1 if is before in canonical order, and -1 if is after in canonical order. It gives 0 if is identical to .
  • Examples: Order[a, b]; Order[b, a].
  • Order uses canonical order as described in the notes for Sort.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 2.2.10.
  • See also: Equal, SameQ, Sort.

    Further Examples

    Mathematica puts lower-case expressions before upper-case expressions that start with the same letter.

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    Shorter expressions come before longer expressions.

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