SORT
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SORT

            [SIC\]SORT KeyVar [Var1 [... VarN]]

        Sort an ensemble of 1-D or 2-D SIC variables by increasing values of the
        (1-D only) KeyVar variable. A standard use is to sort a complete  GILDAS
        table, using
          DEFINE TABLE A MyFile WRITE
          SORT A[3] A
          DELETE /VAR A
        As  shown in the example, the command handles the case where KeyVar is a
        subset of any of the variables to be sorted. However, if there is alias-
        ing  between  any  of  the Var1 ... VarN variables, the result is unpre-
        dictable.

        The command can be useful for further use of the COMPUTE  LOCATION  com-
        mand,  or  plots  using  GreG.  To mimic the behaviour of the (obsolete)
        GREG\SORT command, use
                SIC\SORT Key Var2 Var3
        where Key is any of X Y Z, and Var2 and Var3 the two other ones.