Use

This template creates a sortable table cell displaying a ranking index, either numeric or nonnumeric. Numbers are sorted first in numeric order followed by nonnumeric indexes in alphanumeric order.

The syntax of this template is:

{{rank|var1|rowspan=}}

where:

• var1 is the ranking
• rowspan is an optional rowspan (default=1)

Example

The use of this template is illustrated in the sortable table below:

Wikitext	Rank	without template
{{rank|1}}	!000001	1
{{rank|2}}	!000002	2
{{rank|3}}	!000003	3
{{rank|6}}	!000006	6
{{rank|56}}	!000056	56
{{rank|456}}	!000456	456
{{rank|3456}}	!003456	3456
{{rank|23456}}	!023456	23456
{{rank|123456}}	!123456	123456
{{rank|Aardvark}}	Aardvark	Aardvark
{{rank|Bison}}	Bison	Bison
{{rank|Camel}}	Camel	Camel
{{rank|0}}	!000000	0
{{rank|0.1}}	!0000000.1	0.1
{{rank|1.2}}	!000001.2	1.2
{{rank|12.34}}	!000012.34	12.34
{{rank|123.456}}	!000123.456	123.456
{{rank|1234.5678}}	!001234.5678	1234.5678
{{rank|12345.67890}}	!012345.67890	12345.67890
{{rank|123456.789012}}	!123456.789012	123456.789012
{{rank|NA}}	NA	NA

Technical details

• This template invokes {{order of magnitude}}.