One of the most important features of an array is that it can be sorted in numerical or alphabetical order. Sorting is a process by each all values in an array is reordered in ascending or descending order. Human beings can look through a list to find the smallest value, pick it out and place it in a new list and mark it off the old one. Repeat this process until only one value is left, which will be the largest one to be placed in the new list. Having two lists (particularly if the array is large) will be.
