[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/common](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common) › [Order](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Order) › orderNumber

```ts
const orderNumber: Order<number>;
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Order.ts:89](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/e7144e2bbe9069362b62dec1b64a8aa922b8f1b0/packages/common/src/Order.ts#L89)

An order for numbers in ascending order.

### Example

```ts
orderNumber(1, 2); // -1
orderNumber(2, 1); // 1
orderNumber(1, 1); // 0
[2, 1, 3].toSorted(orderNumber); // [1, 2, 3]
reverseOrder(orderNumber)(1, 2); // 1
reverseOrder(orderNumber)(2, 1); // -1
reverseOrder(orderNumber)(1, 1); // 0
```