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Class | Table
Name | ### sort()
Examples |
    Table table;

    void setup() {

      table = new Table();

      table.addColumn("name");
      table.addColumn("type");

      TableRow newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Lion");
      newRow.setString("type", "Mammal");

      newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Snake");
      newRow.setString("type", "Reptile");

      newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Mosquito");
      newRow.setString("type", "Insect");

      table.sort(0);

      for (TableRow row : table.rows()) {
        println(row.getString("name") + ": " + row.getString("type"));
      }
    }

    // Sketch prints:
    // Lion: Mammal
    // Mosquito: Insect
    // Snake: Reptile
    Table table;

    void setup() {

      table = new Table();

      table.addColumn("name");

      TableRow newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Lion");
      newRow.setString("type", "Mammal");

      newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Snake");
      newRow.setString("type", "Reptile");

      newRow = table.addRow();
      newRow.setString("name", "Mosquito");
      newRow.setString("type", "Insect");

      table.sort("name");

      for (TableRow row : table.rows()) {
        println(row.getString("name") + ": " + row.getString("type"));
      }
    }

    // Sketch prints:
    // Lion: Mammal
    // Mosquito: Insect
    // Snake: Reptile
Description | Sorts (orders) a table based on the values in a column.
Syntax |
    .sort(columnName)
    .sort(column)
Parameters |
columnName | String: the name of the column to sort
column | int: the column ID, e.g. 0, 1, 2
Returns | void
Related | trim()

Updated on January 1, 2021 03:38:10am EST
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