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List.SortWithEvaluate

Sorts a list with using an expression to evaluate.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
List 10.2 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "List.SortWithEvaluate"; List; Expression { ; NoReturnEnding } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
List The list to sort. "Hello" ¶ "World"
Expression The expression to evaluate.
Can include "leftValue" and "rightValue" as variables.
"leftValue > rightValue"
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

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sorts a list with using an expression to evaluate.
The expression is run every time two values are compared, so keep it quick. It should return 1 if leftValue is smaller than rightValue.

Our normal List.Sort is faster due to not having the overhead of evaluating expressions.

Examples

Sort numbers numeric with GetAsNumber() function:

MBS("List.SortWithEvaluate"; "1¶22¶3"; "GetAsNumber(leftValue) < GetAsNumber(rightValue)")

Example result:
1
3
22

Sort dates with using GetAsDate:

MBS("List.SortWithEvaluate"; "1/1/2000¶2/22/2020¶3/4/1998"; "GetAsDate(leftValue) < GetAsDate(rightValue)")

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Created 9th April 2020, last changed 13th May 2020


List.Sort - List.SubList