SortValues
Sorts a list of values based on the specified data type and locale.
Format
SortValues ( values {; datatype ; locale } )
Parameters
values - any text expression or field that’s a list of values separated by carriage returns.
datatype - a number that specifies the type of data to be sorted (see below). A positive value sorts in ascending order; a negative value sorts in descending order.
locale - the name of the locale whose sorting rules are to be followed (see below).
Parameters in braces { } are optional.
Data type returned
text
Originated in version
16.0
Description
For a description of a list of values, see ValueCount function.
Each returned value ends with a carriage return, allowing lists to be easily concatenated.
For the datatype parameter, use one of the following values so this function can sort values appropriately. If you use no value or an unrecognized value, values are sorted as text in ascending order.
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Sorts values as |
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Text |
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2 |
Number |
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3 |
Date |
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4 |
Time |
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5 |
Timestamp |
For the locale parameter, use one of the following names to specify which locale’s sorting rules are to be used. Sort order is determined by locale in the same manner as for sorting records (see Choosing a language for indexing or sorting). Specifying a blank or no value sorts based on the locale of the file that contains the calculation’s relationship graph; an unrecognized value causes this function to return "?".
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Supported names for |
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Arabic |
English |
Hindi |
Norwegian |
Spanish_Traditional |
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Bengali |
Estonian |
Hungarian |
Panjabi |
Swedish |
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Bulgarian |
Finnish |
Icelandic |
Persian |
Swedish_Custom |
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Catalan |
Finnish_Custom |
Italian |
Polish |
Tamil |
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Catalog |
French |
Japanese |
Portuguese |
Telugu |
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Chinese |
German |
Kannada |
Romanian |
Thai |
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Chinese_Stroke |
German_Dictionary |
Korean |
Russian |
Turkish |
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Croatian |
Greek |
Latvian |
Serbian |
Ukrainian |
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Czech |
Greek_Mixed |
Lithuanian |
Slovak |
Unicode_Raw |
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Danish |
Gujarati |
Malayalam |
Slovenian |
Unicode_Standard |
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Dutch |
Hebrew |
Marathi |
Spanish |
Vietnamese |
Example 1
SortValues ( "34¶600¶18¶29" ; -2 ) returns 600¶34¶29¶18¶.
Example 2
SortValues ( Product::Colors ) returns values sorted in the default order (as text in ascending alphabetical order) in a file in which the locale is English:
blue¶green¶GREEN¶red¶yellow¶
when the Product::Colors field contains red¶green¶blue¶GREEN¶yellow¶.