Ascending sort

asc x     asc[x]

Where x is a:

• vector, returns its items in ascending order of value, with the sorted attribute set, indicating the list is sorted; where the argument vector is found to be in ascending order already, it is assigned the sorted attribute
• mixed list, returns the items sorted within datatype and with the sorted attribute set
• dictionary, returns it sorted by the values and with the sorted attribute set
• table, returns it sorted by the first non-key column and with the partitioned attribute set on it

The function is uniform. The sort is stable: it preserves order between equals.