table.sort(t)

Sorts the elements of a table in-place in ascending order to alter the table.

> t = { 3,2,5,1,4 }

> table.sort(t)

> print(t[1],t[2],t[3],t[4],t[5])  // display sorted values

1        2        3        4        5

> t ={"xyz", "abc", "axy", "Abc"}

> table.sort(t)

> print(t[1],t[2],t[3],t[4])

Abc        abc        axy        xyz

All table entries must be of the same type.  For example, strings and numbers cannot be sorted in a mix.