.. _functx_sort-as-numeric:

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functx:sort-as-numeric
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Sorts a sequence of numeric values or nodes

Description
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The functx:sort-as-numeric function sorts a sequence of numeric values or nodes. 
This is useful for untyped values, because the order by clause by default treats 
values as strings, and would therefore sort 100 before 99.

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   * - **Parameters**
     - **Description**
   * - seq:item()
     - the sequence to sort

Examples
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   * - **XPath**
     - **Results**
   * - functx:sort-as-numeric(('1','100','99'))
     - ('1', '99', '100')
   * - functx:sort-as-numeric($in-xml/*)
     - <f>1</f> <e>4</e> <f>35</f>

See Also
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* :ref:`functx_sort`.
* :ref:`functx_sort-case-insensitive`.
* :ref:`functx_sort-document-order`.