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title: "array:sort — Sort array items"
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# array:sort — Sort array items

ARRAY:SORT sorts the items of an array in a particular order based on a given sorting type.

A given key may specify the column of a multidimensional array to sort by. If however, the key is omitted, then the array is treated as an unidimensional list.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var | var |  | Variable name |
| var_result | var | (destructive on 'var') | Result variable name |
| type | type | asc | Sorting type |

#### Possible values
Possible values for `type`:
- asc — Ascending
- desc — Descending
- nat-asc — Ascending natural
- nat-desc — Descending natural
- keys-asc — Ascending by keys
- keys-desc — Descending by keys
- keys-nat-asc — Ascending natural by keys
- keys-nat-desc — Descending natural by keys
- rand — Random


### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- (not restricted in the reference)

### Result
- binding: var|var_result; type: array; predicate: no-result-propagation

### Examples

```xml
<array var="names">
	<item>Bill Gates</item>
	<item>Steve Jobs</item>
	<item>Larry Ellison</item>
</array>

<array:sort var="names" type="desc"/>

<output>
	<array:join var="names" delimiter=", "/>
</output>

<!-- Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates -->
```