Sorting

Functions that sort, such as sort() and setunion(), take one of these sort types.

sorting types: every sort type, reversing a sort, and case
sorting by attribute: the attr: and attri: sort keys

Sort types

Type	Sorts
`a`	text, case-sensitive: capitals come before lower case
`i`	text, ignoring case
`d`	dbrefs, by number
`n`	whole numbers
`f`	decimal numbers
`m`	text with numbers and dbrefs in it, numbers in number order
`name`	dbrefs by their names, case-sensitive
`namei`	dbrefs by their names, ignoring case
`conn`	dbrefs by their connection time
`idle`	dbrefs by their idle time
`owner`	dbrefs by their owners’ dbrefs
`loc`	dbrefs by their locations’ dbrefs
`ctime`	dbrefs by their creation time
`mtime`	dbrefs by their modification time
`lattr`	attribute names

A minus sign before the type, such as -a, reverses the order.

> think sort(b A a B c C,a)
A B C a b c
> think sort(b A a B,-a)
b a B A

Sorting by attribute

attr:<attribute> sorts dbrefs by the value of that attribute on each, case-sensitive; attri:<attribute> does the same, ignoring case. For instance, attri:SPECIES groups characters by their SPECIES attribute.

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