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sort.sort-by-value

function

Library: Sorting (OMSORT)
Import : omsort.xmd

Declaration 
define overloaded function sort.sort-by-value
   modifiable integer shelf-to-sort

define overloaded function sort.sort-by-value
   modifiable stream shelf-to-short

Argument definitions

shelf-to-sort
is a shelf of integers or a shelf of streams


Purpose

Use sort.sort-by-value to sort a shelf of integers or streams by their values in ascending order.

This example sorts a list of integers: 

  import "omsort.xmd" prefixed by sort.
  process
     local integer integer-list variable initial {1,3,2}
     sort.sort-by-value integer-list
     
     repeat over integer-list
       output "d" % integer-list || "%n"
     again

This example sorts a list of stream values: 

  import "omsort.xmd" prefixed by sort.
  process
     local stream my-stream variable initial
        {"foo", "bar", "sna"}
  
     sort.sort-by-value my-stream
     
     repeat over my-stream
        output my-stream || "%n"
     again

Requirements

If shelf-to-sort is a stream shelf, then it must

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