Home Contents | # table.sort | Table | Lua Commands

## SYNOPSIS

table.sort(table[,comp])

## DESCRIPTION

Sorts table elements in a given order, in-place, from table[1] to table[n], where n is the length of the table. If comp is given, then it must be a function that receives two table elements, and returns true when the first is less than the second (so that not comp(a[i+1],a[i]) will be true after the sort). If comp is not given, then the standard Lua operator < is used instead.

## NOTES

The sort algorithm is not stable; that is, elements considered equal by the given order may have their relative positions changed by the sort.