SortListDescending

Type

statement

Summary

Sorts Target in descending text order.

Syntax

sort <Target> in descending order

Description

Generic sort is performed by comparing the elements of a homogeneous list according to the default comparison function associated to the type of its elements.

note

It is an error if Target is not homogeneous, i.e. if it contains any elements of differing type.

Parameters

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

Examples

   	variable tTestList as List
	put ["a", "b", "c"] into tTestList

    sort tTestList in descending order -- tTestList is ["c", "b", "a"]