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# sortSubviews(_:context:)

Orders the view’s immediate subviews using the specified comparator function.

```
func sortSubviews(_ compare: (NSView, NSView, UnsafeMutableRawPointer?) -> ComparisonResult, context: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?)
```

## Parameters

`compare`

A pointer to the comparator function. This function must take as arguments two subviews to be ordered and contextual data (supplied in `context` which may be arbitrary data used to help in the comparison. The comparator function should return `NSOrderedAscending` if the first subview should be ordered lower, `NSOrderedDescending` if the second subview should be ordered lower, and `NSOrderedSame` if their ordering isn’t important.

`context`

Arbitrary data that might help the comparator function `compare` in its decisions.

## See Also

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSArray/sortedArray(_:context:)>


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