[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) › orderString

```ts
const orderString: Order<string>;
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Order.ts:70](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/e7144e2bbe9069362b62dec1b64a8aa922b8f1b0/packages/common/src/Order.ts#L70)

An order for `string` values in ascending order.

### Example

```ts
orderString("a", "b"); // -1
orderString("b", "a"); // 1
orderString("a", "a"); // 0
["c", "b", "a"].toSorted(orderString); // ["a", "b", "c"]
```