Basic Examples (2) 

Sort an Association like a List:

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Create an operator:

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Sort some fruit:

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Scope (7) 

Associations can be used to specify the order as well. Create two associations:

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Sort the all-time Major League Baseball home run records in the order of the all time runs batted in records:

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Sort integers based on an existing List:

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Sort names according to an existing List containing only some of the keys:

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Sort names according to an existing List containing extra keys:

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Create an operator from an Association where the values are ignored:

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Apply it to data:

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Sort rows of a Dataset using the operator form:

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KeySortLike works on a Dataset which contains indexed tables (associations of associations). Get an indexed table dataset:

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Sort the planets in the order that their names appear on the Wikipedia page for Roman deities:

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Properties and Relations (1) 

KeySortLike effectively applies the resource function SortLike to the keys of an Association:

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Possible Issues (2) 

KeySortLike fails for non-indexed datasets:

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It can work as an operator at lower levels:

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