{"name":"BIS_fnc_sortNum","operator":null,"title":"BIS fnc sortNum","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_sortNum","revid":323144,"updated":"2022-06-30T17:02:30Z","groups":["Arrays"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Sorts an array of numbers from lowest (left) to highest (right). The passed array is modified by reference.\nThis function uses the quick sort algorithm.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> **Arma 3:** If you do not need the return value, use sort instead.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"array call BIS_fnc_sortNum","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"array","type":"Array of Numbers","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Array","Number"],"since":null,"text":"array: Array of Numbers"}],"returns":{"type":"Array","types":["Array"],"description":"sorted array","text":"Array - sorted array"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n[5,9,987,6,97,8,6] call BIS_fnc_sortNum; // returns [5,6,6,8,9,97,987]\n```","code":["[5,9,987,6,97,8,6] call BIS_fnc_sortNum; // returns [5,6,6,8,9,97,987]"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["sort","BIS_fnc_randomInt","BIS_fnc_geometricMean","BIS_fnc_arithmeticMean","BIS_fnc_nearestNum","BIS_fnc_roundNum"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 2: Functions","Arma 2: New Functions","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Functions","Arma 3: Functions","Function Group: Arrays","Functions","Introduced with Arma 2 version 1.00","Take On Helicopters: Functions"],"docblock":null,"filled_from_docblock":[]}