Sorts the items in argument 1 but instead of returning the actual sorted data the function returns the indexes of the sorted values into the original array. The method of sorting depends on the data type as follows:
string | Alphabetic |
real | Numeric |
complex | Numeric - uses magnitude |
Number | Type | Compulsory | Default | Description |
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1 |
any array |
Yes |
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Items to sort |
2 |
string |
No |
'forward' |
Sort direction |
Sort option, value either 'forward' or 'reverse'.
Return type: real array
An array of indexes into the input array, sorted by the method specified in argument 2.
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