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description: 'Returns an array with the first N items in ascending order.'
sidebar_position: 146
slug: /sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/grouparraysorted
title: 'groupArraySorted'
---

# groupArraySorted

Returns an array with the first N items in ascending order.

```sql
groupArraySorted(N)(column)
```

**Arguments**

- `N` – The number of elements to return.

- `column` – The value (Integer, String, Float and other Generic types).

**Example**

Gets the first 10 numbers:

```sql
SELECT groupArraySorted(10)(number) FROM numbers(100)
```

```text
┌─groupArraySorted(10)(number)─┐
│ [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]        │
└──────────────────────────────┘
```

Gets all the String implementations of all numbers in column:

```sql
SELECT groupArraySorted(5)(str) FROM (SELECT toString(number) AS str FROM numbers(5));
```

```text
┌─groupArraySorted(5)(str)─┐
│ ['0','1','2','3','4']    │
└──────────────────────────┘
```
