ee.FeatureCollection.sort

Sort a collection by the specified property.

Returns the sorted collection.

Usage	Returns
FeatureCollection.sort(property, ascending)	Collection

Argument	Type	Details
this: collection	Collection	The Collection instance.
property	String	The property to sort by.
ascending	Boolean, optional	Whether 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())