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Table.Sort

Syntax

Table.Sort(table as table, comparisonCriteria as any) as table

About

Sorts the table using the list of one or more column names and optional comparisonCriteria in the form { { col1, comparisonCriteria }, {col2} }.

Example 1

Sort the table on column "OrderID".

Usage

Table.Sort(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5.0],
        [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25.0],
        [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200.0],
        [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2.0],
        [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20.0],
        [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
        [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25]
    }),
    {"OrderID"}
)

Output

Table.FromRecords({
    [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100],
    [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5],
    [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25],
    [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200],
    [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2],
    [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20],
    [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
    [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100],
    [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25]
})

Example 2

Sort the table on column "OrderID" in descending order.

Usage

Table.Sort(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5.0],
        [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25.0],
        [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200.0],
        [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2.0],
        [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20.0],
        [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
        [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25]
    }),
    {"OrderID", Order.Descending}
)

Output

Table.FromRecords({
    [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
    [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100],
    [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
    [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20],
    [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2],
    [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200],
    [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25],
    [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5],
    [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100]
})

Example 3

Sort the table on column "CustomerID" then "OrderID", with "CustomerID" being in ascending order.

Usage

Table.Sort(
    Table.FromRecords({
        [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5.0],
        [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25.0],
        [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200.0],
        [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2.0],
        [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20.0],
        [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
        [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100.0],
        [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25]
    }),
    {
        {"CustomerID", Order.Ascending},
        "OrderID"
    }
)

Output

Table.FromRecords({
    [OrderID = 1, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Fishing rod", Price = 100],
    [OrderID = 2, CustomerID = 1, Item = "1 lb. worms", Price = 5],
    [OrderID = 6, CustomerID = 1, Item = "Tackle box", Price = 20],
    [OrderID = 3, CustomerID = 2, Item = "Fishing net", Price = 25],
    [OrderID = 4, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Fish tazer", Price = 200],
    [OrderID = 5, CustomerID = 3, Item = "Bandaids", Price = 2],
    [OrderID = 7, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25],
    [OrderID = 8, CustomerID = 5, Item = "Fishing Rod", Price = 100],
    [OrderID = 9, CustomerID = 6, Item = "Bait", Price = 3.25]
})

Comparison criteria