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<function name="SortByKey" parent="table" type="libraryfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Returns a list of keys sorted based on values of those keys.⤶ ⤶ For normal sorting see <page>table.sort</page>.⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶ <file line="140">lua/includes/extensions/table.lua</file>⤶ <args>⤶ <arg name="tab" type="table">Table to sort. All values of this table must be of same type.</arg>⤶ <arg name="descending" type="boolean" default="false">Should the order be descending?</arg>⤶ </args>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="table">A table of keys sorted by values from supplied table.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Example usage of the function.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ local t = {}⤶ t['h'] = 2 -- Lowest value⤶ t['a'] = 150 -- Highest value⤶ t['x'] = 30⤶ ⤶ PrintTable( table.SortByKey( t ) )⤶ PrintTable( table.SortByKey( t , true ) )⤶ </code>⤶ <output>⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ 1 = a⤶ 2 = x⤶ 3 = h⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ 1 = h⤶ 2 = x⤶ 3 = a⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ </output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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