ee.FeatureCollection.sort

  • The sort method sorts a collection by a specified property.

  • It returns the sorted collection.

  • The sort method can sort in ascending or descending order, with ascending as the default.

Sort a collection by the specified property.

Returns the sorted collection.

UsageReturns
FeatureCollection.sort(property, ascending)Collection
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: collectionCollectionThe Collection instance.
propertyStringThe property to sort by.
ascendingBoolean, optionalWhether to sort in ascending or descending order. The default is true (ascending).

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')
             .filter('country_lg == "Belgium"');

print('Belgium power plants in ascending order by capacity',
      fc.sort('capacitymw'));

print('Belgium power plants in descending order by capacity',
      fc.sort('capacitymw', false));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(
    'country_lg == "Belgium"')

print('Belgium power plants in ascending order by capacity:',
      fc.sort('capacitymw').getInfo())

print('Belgium power plants in descending order by capacity:',
      fc.sort('capacitymw', False).getInfo())