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BUILT-IN SYMBOL

Sort[list]

sorts the elements of list into canonical order.

Sort[list,p]

sorts using the ordering function p.

Details Examplesopen allclose all Basic Examples  (4)

Sort a list:

Sort a list of strings:

Sort by structure:

Sort by numerical value:

Sort by comparing the second part of each element:

Scope  (10) Input Data  (5)

Sort any expressions:

Sort works with any head, not just List:

Sort elements in an Association according to their values:

Sort the rows of a Tabular object by sorting the first column:

Sort the rows of a Dataset object by their first element:

Ordering Functions  (5)

Sort using Greater as the ordering function:

Use GreaterEqual to maintain the relative order of equal elements:

Use NumericalOrder to allow complex numbers and number-like expressions:

Sort according to the rules of a particular language with AlphabeticOrder:

Define a custom ordering function that puts symbols ahead of numbers:

Use a pure function ordering function:

Applications  (5)

Sort integers by magnitude:

Sort by absolute value:

Sort by structure:

Sort by numerical value:

Sort strings by dictionary order:

Sort strings by length:

Sort by norm:

Sort by real part:

Properties & Relations  (8)

Shorter expressions are sorted before longer ones:

Explicit numbers are sorted in numerical order:

Sort in reverse order:

Orderless functions sort in the same order as Sort:

Print each comparison done:

Collect a list of the comparisons done:

Sort[list] is equivalent to list[[Ordering[list]]]:

Sort[list] is equivalent to SortBy[list,Identity]:

Possible Issues  (2)

Numeric expressions are sorted by structure as well as numerical value:

This order follows the normal rules for expressions based on their FullForm:

Sort by numerical value only:

Elements whose order is not determined by the ordering function may not be kept in order:

Neat Examples  (1)

Show comparisons made in doing a sort:

Wolfram Research (1988), Sort, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html (updated 2017). Text

Wolfram Research (1988), Sort, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html (updated 2017).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1988. "Sort." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2017. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1988). Sort. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_sort, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Sort}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_sort, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Sort}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Sort.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-July-2025 ]}


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