Panasonic FP Series Programming Manual page 502

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The function sorts values (with +/- sign) in a data table in ascending or descending order.

Input s1 specifies the starting area of the data table, and s2 specifies the end. You determine the

sorting order at input s3.

At input s3 you can enter the following values:

ascending order, i.e. begin with the smallest value

descending order, i.e. begin with the largest value

The data are sorted via bubble sort in the order specified according to the value entered at input s3.

Since the number of word comparisons increases in proportion to the square of the number of

words, the sorting process can take some time when there are a large number of words. When the

address of the variable at input s1 = s2, no sorting takes place.

This instruction also exists as a P instruction (for FP2/2SH, FP3/5, FP10/10SH PLC types), which

is only executed at the rising edge of the EN trigger. Select [Insert P instruction] from the

"Instructions" pane if you require a P instruction. To facilitate reuse, the instruction then appears

under "Recently used" in the pop-up menu. Press <Ctrl>+<Shift>+<v> within the programming

area to open the list of recently used elements.

Availability of F277_SORT (see page 1323)

Sort data in 16-bit data table (in smaller or larger number order)

starting area of data table to be sorted

ending area of data table to be sorted

specifies sorting order: 0 = ascending, 1 = descending

for an instant

 the address of the variable at input s1 >

 the address areas of the values at inputs

s1 and s2 are different

Arithmetic instructions

dec. or hex.