String array out of order

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The list type in Dgraph behaves like an unordered set (i.e. does not guarantee order).

Primitive lists do not permit sorting. Instead, we can create separate nodes for each fact:

{
  set {
    _:f1 <description> "test fact #1" .
    _:f2 <description> "test fact #2" .
    _:f3 <description> "test fact #3" .
    _:p1 <has_fact> _:f1 .
    _:p1 <has_fact> _:f2 .
    _:p1 <has_fact> _:f3 .
  }
}

Now, we can easily sort the output:

{
  node(func: uid(0x6)) {
    has_fact(orderasc: description) {
      description
    }
  }
}
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