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Sort
Sort[
list
] sorts the elements of list into canonical order.
Sort[
list
,
p
] sorts using the ordering function p.
Example: Sort[
b, c, a
] .
The canonical ordering used by Mathematica is described in Section A.3.9.
Sort[
list
,
p
] applies the function p to pairs of elements in list to determine whether they are in order. The default function p is OrderedQ[{#1,
#2}]&.
Example: Sort[
4, 1, 3
, Greater].
Sort can be used on expressions with any head, not only List.
See the Mathematica book: Section 1.8.9, Section 2.2.10.
See also: Order, OrderedQ, Orderless.
Further Examples
You can put a list of letters into canonical order.
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Both of these commands sort the list from largest to smallest.
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This puts elements that do not depend on x before those that do.
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