SORT

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Re-orders the elements of an array separated by a default pipe delimiter (|) in alphabetical, numerical, ascending, or descending order.

Supported Script Types

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Generic

Email Chat Phone Voicemail Work Item SMS Digital

Input Properties

These properties define data that the action uses when executing.

Property

Description

Add Caption

Enter a short phrase that uniquely identifies this action in the script. The caption appears on the script canvas under the action icon.

String

A string containing multiple fields separated by a delimiter.

Delimiter

A character that separates each field in a string.

Result Var

The variable name that is created and holds returned information. For example, if the contact enters their account number as 123456, then the variable holds 123456.
Column A character index in each element to sort on. The first character is 1.
Order Determines the sort order whether it is an ascending or descending sort. Ascending sorts the list from A to Z or 0 to 9.

Compare As

A drop-down list to select either text or numbers.

Result Branch Conditions

Result branch conditions allow you to create branches in your script to handle different outcomes when an action executes.

Condition

Description

Default

Path taken unless the script meets a condition that requires it to take one of the other branches. It is also taken if the action's other branches are not defined.

Tips & Tricks

When sorting text in a multi-dimensional array, any column position can be used as the first character in the sort criteria.