---
title: "sorted(by:)"
framework: swift-package-manager
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "swift-package-manager/documentation/packageplugin/filelist/sorted(by:)"
---

# sorted(by:)

Inherited from Sequence.sorted(by:).

## Declaration

```swift
func sorted(by areInIncreasingOrder: (Self.Element, Self.Element) throws -> Bool) rethrows -> [Self.Element]
```