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Sorted

sort a list
Syntax 

Sorted(L:LIST):LIST

where V is a variable containing a list.

Description
This function returns the list of the sorted elements of L without affecting L, itself.

For more on the default comparisons, see Relational Operators in the chapter on operators. For more complicated sorting, see SortBy , SortedBy .

Example 
  L := [3,2,1];
  Sorted(L);
[1, 2, 3]
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  Use R ::= QQ[x,y,z];
  L := [x,y,z];
  Sorted(L);
[z, y, x]
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  Sorted([y,x,z,x^2]);
[z, y, x, x^2]
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  Sorted([3,1,1,2]);
[1, 1, 2, 3]
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  Sorted(["b","c","a"]);
["a", "b", "c"]
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  Sorted([Ideal(x,y), Ideal(x)]); -- ideals are ordered by containment
[Ideal(x), Ideal(x, y)]
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