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 1.8.13 and Section 2.2.10.

See also: Ordering, Order, OrderedQ, Orderless.

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