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Ordering in Lists

Sort[list]sort the elements of list into order
Ordering[list]the positions in list of the elements in Sort[list]
Ordering[list,n]the first n elements of Ordering[list]
Ordering[list,-n]the last n elements of Ordering[list]
Permutations[list]all possible orderings of list
Min[list]the smallest element in list
Max[list]the largest element in list

Ordering in lists.

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This gives the elements of t in sorted order.
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This gives the positions of the elements of t, from the position of the smallest to that of the largest.
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This is the same as Sort[t].
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This gives the smallest element in the list.
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