# Rule action: Sort list

Used for: sorting a list of numbers or letters/words (alphabetically).

Used in: "THEN"-statements and "ELSE"-statements.

The name of the rule pretty much explains itself: if you have a field that contains a list, this rule will sort it for you. You can either sort ascending \[a-z or 0-9] or descending \[z-a or 9-0].

![channable\_rules\_what-does-each-rule-do-rule-sort-list-0.png](/files/83e3cd741c84d3f4dc51f1ae16aa56f7059c9858)

The result of both ways of sorting is shown below:

![channable\_rules\_what-does-each-rule-do-rule-sort-list-1.png](/files/eeff63991dfb7a08cf725623cc3554b038d14826)


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