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# TFPObjectList.Sort

Sort the list of objects

## Declaration

Source position: contnrs.pp line 61

`public procedure TFPObjectList.Sort(`
`Compare: TListSortCompare`
`);`

## Arguments

`Compare` |  | Compare function for two objects.

## Description

Sort will perform a quick-sort on the list, using Compare as the compare algorithm. This function should accept 2 pointers and should return the following result:

less than 0
  If the first pointer comes before the second.
equal to 0
  If the pointers have the same value.
larger than 0
  If the first pointer comes after the second.

The function should be able to deal with Nil values.

## Errors

None.

## See also

#rtl.classes.TList.Sort

Documentation generated on: May 14 2021