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Sorts the list.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
List | 4.2 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
List | The list to sort. | "Hello" ¶ "World" | |
Flags | Optional, whether to sort case insensitive or descending. Pass 1 to sort case insensitive or 0 to sort case sensitive. Add 2 to sort descending. Add 4 for sorting dates in DD.MM.YYYY style and 8 for sorting dates in MM.DD.YYYY style. Add 16 for number sorting (new in 7.5). |
1 | Optional |
NoReturnEnding | Pass 1 to have no extra newline character on the end of the returned list. Default is 0 to include one to easily concat lists. | 1 | Optional |
Returns new list.
Sort case sensitive:
MBS( "List.Sort"; "Hello¶World¶Test" )
Sort case insensitive:
MBS( "List.Sort"; "Hello¶World¶test"; 1 )
Sort case sensitive and descending:
MBS( "List.Sort"; "Hello¶World¶Test"; 2 )
Sort case insensitive and descending:
MBS( "List.Sort"; "Hello¶World¶test"; 3 )
Sort German dates:
Show Custom Dialog [MBS("List.Sort"; "01.01.2001¶12.04.1981¶01.04.1981¶12.07.1981¶12.01.1981¶23.11.2014"; 4; 0)]
Sort US dates:
Show Custom Dialog [MBS("List.Sort"; "01/01/2001¶04/12/1981¶04/01/1981¶07/12/1981¶01/12/1981¶11/23/2014"; 8; 0)]
Sort numbers
MBS( "List.Sort"; "1¶555¶7"; 16 )
Example result:
"1
7
555
"
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 1st November 2017
List.SetValue - List.SortWithEvaluate
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