Search ('all' for everything):
Search results:
&fail — failure
break — break out of loop
case of — select according to value
create — create co-expression
every do — generate every result
expr & expr — evaluate in conjunction
expr \ i — limit generator
expr1 | expr2 — evaluate alternatives
fail — fail from procedure
if then else — select according to outcome
link — reference ICON module
next — go to beginning of loop
not — invert failure
repeat — evaluate repeatedly
return — return from procedure
s ? expr — scan string
suspend do — suspend from procedure
until do — loop until result
v op:=x — augmented assignment
v:=:v — exchange values
v:=x — assign value
while do — loop while result
x!X — process argument list
x(x,…) — function call
x{x,…} — process argument list as co-expressions
|expr — evaluate repeatedly

Index of Function Types:
affects &pos
character sets
co-expressions
control structures
file processing
generators
infix operations
keywords
lists, sets and tables
math
metadata
output formatting
pattern matching
prefix operations
records
strings
windows and keyboards

Index of Subsystems:
base
digitcnt.icn
SNOBOL4 functions
 
sort structure
 
Description

L sort(X, i)
sort(X, i) produces a list containing values from X.

If X is a record, list or set, sort(X, i) produces the values of X in sorted order.

If X is a table, sort(X, i) produces a list obtained by sorting the elements of X, depending on the value of i. For i = 1 or 2, the list elements are two-element lists of key/value pairs. For i = 3 or 4, the list elements are alternative keys and values. Sorting is by keys for i odd, by values for i even.
 
Parameters
X
list, set, table, or a record
i
see Description
returns
a list of sort elements from l
 
Defaults
i
1
 
Errors
101 i is not an integer
115 X not list, set, table or record
205 i is not 1, 2, 3 or 4
 
See Also
  • sortf — sort structure by field