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Sort elements in ascending order
B = sort(A) [B,INDEX] = sort(A) B = sort(A,dim)
B = sort(A)
sorts the elements along different dimensions of an array, and arranges those elements in ascending order. a can be a cell array of strings.
Real, complex, and string elements are permitted. For identical values in A, the location in the input array determines location in the sorted list. When A is complex, the elements are sorted by magnitude, and where magnitudes are equal, further sorted by phase angle on the interval 
. If A includes any NaN elements, sort places these at the end.
If A is a vector, sort(A) arranges those elements in ascending order.
If A is a matrix, sort(A) treats the columns of A as vectors, returning sorted columns.
If A is a multidimensional array, sort(A) treats the values along the first non-singleton dimension as vectors, returning an array of sorted vectors.
[B,INDEX] = sort(A)
also returns an array of indices. INDEX is an array of size(A), each column of which is a permutation vector of the corresponding column of A. If A has repeated elements of equal value, indices are returned that preserve the original relative ordering.
B = sort(A,dim)
sorts the elements along the dimension of A specified by scalar dim.
If dim is a vector, sort works iteratively on the specified dimensions. Thus, sort(A,[1 2]) is equivalent to sort(sort(A,2),1).
max Maximum elements of an array
mean Average or mean value of arrays
median Median value of arrays
min Minimum elements of an array
sortrows Sort rows in ascending order