SortListAscendingText

Type

statement

Summary

Sorts Target in ascending text order.

Syntax

sort <Target> in ascending text order

Description

Text sort is performed by comparing string elements on a codepoint by codepoint basis.

note

It is an error if Target contains any elements of non-string type.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Target		An expression that evaluates to a list of strings.

Examples

    variable tTestList as List

	variable tChar
	repeat for each char tChar in "spoilage"
		push tChar onto tTestList
	end repeat

    sort tTestList in ascending text order
    variable tString as String
    combine tTestList with "" into tString -- tString is "aegilops"