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ee.FeatureCollection.sort

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The sort method sorts a collection by a specified property.
It returns the sorted collection.
The sort method can sort in ascending or descending order, with ascending as the default.

Sort a collection by the specified property.

Returns the sorted collection.

Usage	Returns
`FeatureCollection. sort (property, ascending )`	Collection

Argument	Type	Details
this: `collection`	Collection	The Collection instance.
`property`	String	The property to sort by.
`ascending`	Boolean, optional	Whether to sort in ascending or descending order. The default is true (ascending).

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium. 
 var 
  
 fc 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ) 
  
 . 
 filter 
 ( 
 'country_lg == "Belgium"' 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Belgium power plants in ascending order by capacity' 
 , 
  
 fc 
 . 
 sort 
 ( 
 'capacitymw' 
 )); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Belgium power plants in descending order by capacity' 
 , 
  
 fc 
 . 
 sort 
 ( 
 'capacitymw' 
 , 
  
 false 
 ));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap

Colab (Python)

 # FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium. 
 fc 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 FeatureCollection 
 ( 
 'WRI/GPPD/power_plants' 
 ) 
 . 
 filter 
 ( 
 'country_lg == "Belgium"' 
 ) 
 display 
 ( 
 'Belgium power plants in ascending order by capacity:' 
 , 
 fc 
 . 
 sort 
 ( 
 'capacitymw' 
 )) 
 display 
 ( 
 'Belgium power plants in descending order by capacity:' 
 , 
 fc 
 . 
 sort 
 ( 
 'capacitymw' 
 , 
 False 
 ))

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.FeatureCollection.sort