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$ORDER

1984 Version of ANSI Standard

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SORDER function

See $Order for formal definition.

  1. Result Right Arrow A.
    Check to see that A is at least a 2-tuple (that is, that the variable is subscripted).
    If not, generate an execution trap.
  2. Find the next higher subscript of the variable named in A and place into Result.
    If no higher subscript exists, place the null string ("") into Result.

Note: The details of action 2 are discussed in Section 3.2.8 of Part I.

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