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As a non-english speaker, I have trouble differentiating this.
When I try to translate this into my language, I get something weird like "go up" for ascending. So lets say I want to sort the names of all my pets alphabetically. I want that A comes first, then B, then C... and so on. So since the alphabet is not a number for me, my brain refuses to grok what's "going up". A = 0? B = 1? C = 2? If yes, then ascending would be what I'm most of the time looking for. Table would start showing A, then B, then C... Or is that the other way around? Must I look from the bottom of the table, up?
And with numbers: If it's an ascending order, the smallest comes first? (would seem logical...)
Can someone post a short but good example for what is an ascending sort order, and what is an descending sort order? And does that apply to whatever platform, programming language, API, etc.?
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Ascending order is the arrangement of numbers from the smallest to the largest. For example, the following numbers are in ascending order: 3, 15, 28, 49. Descending order is an arrangement of numbers from the largest to the smallest. For example, the numbers 45, 32, 26, 12 are arranged in descending order.
In general terms, Ascending means smallest to largest, 0 to 9, and/or A to Z and Descending means largest to smallest, 9 to 0, and/or Z to A.
Ascending order is the complete opposite of descending order - it is also known as increasing order of importance. Items are arranged from lowest to highest value. The order starts with the smallest value coming first and ends with the biggest value.
Numbers are said to be in ascending order when they are arranged from the smallest to the largest number. E.g. 5, 9, 13, 17 and 21 are arranged in ascending order.
Perhaps this trick might help:
A scending
A B C D
D escending
D C B A
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Perhaps Increasing(Ascending) vs Decreasing(Descending) is a better way for you to think of it?
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