In Ruby, it is easy to sort an array with the **`sort()` function**. When called on an array, the `sort()` function returns a new array that is the sorted version of the original one.

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## Syntax
```ruby
array.sort()
```

## Parameter
The `sort()` function takes no parameter. It is only called on an array.

## Return value
The value returned is a new array that is sorted from the original one.

## Code
In the example below, we created arrays and we called the `sort()` function on them. Then, the value returned is printed to the console.



# create arrays
array1 = ["e", "d", "a", "b", "c"]
array2 = [5, 2, 4, 1, 3]
array3 = ["Ruby", "JavaScript", "Java", "Python"]


# print the sorted arrays 
puts "#{array1} sorted = #{array1.sort()}"
puts "#{array2} sorted = #{array2.sort()}"
puts "#{array3} sorted = #{array3.sort()}"

>Sorting an array of elements that are neither strings or numbers will throw an error.

Arrays that are neither strings or numbers can not be sorted, hence an error will be thrown. See the example below.

# create arrays
array4 = [true, false]
array5 = [nil, "", 1, 0]

# printing the value will throw an error
puts "#{array4} sorted = #{array4.sort()}"
puts "#{array5} sorted = #{array5.sort()}"

What is array.sort() in Ruby?

Sorts Ruby arrays; returns new sorted array; doesn't work with non-string/number elements.