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Is there a difference in efficiency between this sort and reverse?

yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Delta cites an example using sort - _time.

Is there a difference in efficiency between this sort and reverse?

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Using reverse should be much more effiicient because it just rewrites the list whereas sort must continuously compare values. It should be sort 0 + _time.

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aberkow
Builder

If you look into the job inspector, you should be able to see the runtime and other diagnostic information for your case as well!

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

When I examine it, sort takes more time.

Also, reverse is a command that reverses the log order, so if the time series is disjoint, reverse it.
This is also different from sort .

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Using reverse should be much more effiicient because it just rewrites the list whereas sort must continuously compare values. It should be sort 0 + _time.

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