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## compareBindingsByTag() function

Creates a binding compare function to sort bindings by tagged phase name.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function compareBindingsByTag(phaseTagName?: string, orderOfPhases?: (string | symbol)[]): BindingComparator;
```

## Parameters

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Parameter


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Type


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Description


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phaseTagName


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string


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_(Optional)_ Name of the binding tag for phase


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orderOfPhases


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(string \| symbol)\[\]


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_(Optional)_ An array of phase names as the predefined order


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**Returns:**

[BindingComparator](./context.bindingcomparator.md)

## Remarks

Two bindings are compared as follows:

1. Get values for the given tag as `phase` for bindings, if the tag is not present, default `phase` to `''`<!-- -->. 2. If both bindings have `phase` value in `orderOfPhases`<!-- -->, honor the order specified by `orderOfPhases`<!-- -->. 3. If a binding's `phase` does not exist in `orderOfPhases`<!-- -->, it comes before the one with `phase` exists in `orderOfPhases`<!-- -->. 4. If both bindings have `phase` value outside of `orderOfPhases`<!-- -->, they are ordered by phase names alphabetically and symbol values come before string values.