sort()

This measurement returns a sorted variable in ascending or descending order. The sorting can be done on the independent or dependent variables. String values are sorted by folding them to lower case

Syntax
y = sort(data, sortOrder, indepName)

Arguments
Name Description Range Type Default Required
data data to be sorted (multidimensional scalar variable) (-∞, ∞) integer, real or complex yes
sortOrder sorting order "ascending" or "descending" string "ascending" no
indepName specify the name of the independent variable for sorting string dependent value † no
† if indepName not specified, the sorting is done on the dependent

Examples

a = sort(data)
a = sort(data, "descending", "freq")

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