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@@ -6043,6 +6043,10 @@ sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
+ When {func} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
+ sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
+ digits will be used as the number they represent.
+
When {func} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two
items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
@@ -6057,6 +6061,11 @@ sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
same order as they were originally.
+ The sort is stable, items which compare equal (as number or as
+ string) will keep their relative position. E.g., when sorting
+ on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
+ same order as they were originally.
+
Also see |uniq()|.
Example: >