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Expression docs: mention multiple sort criteria
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Chris Smowton
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@@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ based on the `Unicode value <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_chara
of each character.
To specify a different order, follow ``<expression>`` with the keywords ``order by``, then
the expression that specifies the order, and optionally the keyword ``asc`` or ``desc``
one or more comma-separated expressions that specify the order, and optionally the keyword ``asc`` or ``desc`` after each expression
(to determine whether to order the expression in ascending or descending order). If you don't
specify an ordering, it defaults to ``asc``.
specify an ordering, it defaults to ``asc``. For example, ``order by o.getName() asc, o.getSize() desc``
might be used to order some object by name, breaking ties by descending size.
The following aggregates are available in QL:
@@ -229,11 +230,11 @@ The following aggregates are available in QL:
In this case, ``<expression>`` must be of numeric type or of type ``string``.
For example, the following aggregation returns the name of the ``.js`` file (or files) with the
largest number of lines:
largest number of lines, using the number of lines of code to break ties:
.. code-block:: ql
max(File f | f.getExtension() = "js" | f.getBaseName() order by f.getTotalNumberOfLines())
max(File f | f.getExtension() = "js" | f.getBaseName() order by f.getTotalNumberOfLines(), f.getNumberOfLinesOfCode())
The following aggregation returns the minimum string ``s`` out of the three strings mentioned
below, that is, the string that comes first in the lexicographic ordering of all the possible