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OrderedQ

OrderedQ
gives True if the are in canonical order, and False otherwise.
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  • By default, OrderedQ uses canonical order as described in the notes for Sort.
  • OrderedQ uses the function p to determine whether each pair of elements in list is in order.
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Basic Examples   (1)
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Scope   (2)
OrderedQ works with any expressions:
OrderedQ works with any head, not just List:
Generalizations & Extensions   (1)
Use Greater to test for ordering:
Applications   (2)
Find tuples that are in order:
Find which tuples are in order:
Properties & Relations   (1)
Sort by default sorts using OrderedQ:
Possible Issues   (1)
OrderedQ by default works structurally, not by numerical value:
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