sort and sortrow differences

what is the difference between sort and sortrow? Thanks

Answer 1

[Jos (10584)]

help sort
help sortrows

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

A=magic(4);
sort(A,1) % sorts the columns of A independently
sort(A,2) % sorts the rows of A independently
sortrows(A,2)  % sorts the matrix based on the columns 2.