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Regina,

Can't we just say indexing starts with 1?

I have a question about the second part of your example.

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The sentence "Indexing starts with 1 in the column furthest to the left or the row furthest up in Data_source." is there, because I want to make clear, that indexing is 1-based. A 0-based indexing is common as well.   The other sentences are my attempt to explain, that a leveled sort is done.   When you have data   Product   Region  Sales   A             North     3   B             South    4   A             South     2   A             North      1   B             North     5   With Sort_index {2\1} you get   A   North   3   A   North   1   B   North   5   A   South   2   B   South   4   With Sort_index {1\2} you get 

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  A   North   3   A   North   1   A   South   2   B   North   5   B   South   4  

I am concerned that from the reading of Sort_order as an array, I think I can have:

1

1

-1

-1

-1

-1

1

1

There always being two or more values as sort order makes no sense on one value.

And if it is shorter than the Sort_index, the last value repeats.

I've about convinced myself that the Sort_index makes sense this way because its application depends upon the data selected, etc.

Closer, farther away?

BTW, I noticed the duplicated language here:

• In case By_col = FALSE, each value shall be less or equal the amount of rows in Data_Source, in case By_col = TRUE, each value shall be less or equal the amount of columns in Data_Source.

By_col, FALSE or True, it has the same outcome? Did you mean for them to be different?

Thanks!

Patrick

Regina,

Can't we just say indexing starts with 1?

I have a question about the second part of your example.

010001908e781250-f3fdab1a-8b4f-404d-b53d-2a7932156fd2-000000@email.amazonses.com">

The sentence "Indexing starts with 1 in the column furthest to the left or the row furthest up in Data_source." is there, because I want to make clear, that indexing is 1-based. A 0-based indexing is common as well.   The other sentences are my attempt to explain, that a leveled sort is done.   When you have data   Product   Region  Sales   A             North     3   B             South    4   A             South     2   A             North      1   B             North     5   With Sort_index {2\1} you get   A   North   3   A   North   1   B   North   5   A   South   2   B   South   4   With Sort_index {1\2} you get 

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  A   North   3   A   North   1   A   South   2   B   North   5   B   South   4  

I am concerned that from the reading of Sort_order as an array, I think I can have:

1

1

-1

-1

-1

-1

1

1

There always being two or more values as sort order makes no sense on one value.

And if it is shorter than the Sort_index, the last value repeats.

I've about convinced myself that the Sort_index makes sense this way because its application depends upon the data selected, etc.

Closer, farther away?

BTW, I noticed the duplicated language here:

• In case By_col = FALSE, each value shall be less or equal the amount of rows in Data_Source, in case By_col = TRUE, each value shall be less or equal the amount of columns in Data_Source.

By_col, FALSE or True, it has the same outcome? Did you mean for them to be different?

Thanks!

Patrick