Solutions modifiers apply to the processing of a SPARQL query after pattern matching. - The solution modifiers are applied to a query in the following order:
+Solutions modifiers apply to the processing of a SPARQL query after pattern matching.
+However, since the solutions modifiers operate on sequences + of solution mappings, the query result produced up to this + point is first turned from a multiset of solution mappings + into such a sequence. While there is no implied ordering to + this sequence, and duplicates need not be adjacent, the sequence + is identical to the multiset in terms of the elements that it + contains, and their multiplicities. To apply this conversion + from a multiset into a sequence, the algorithm for capturing + the solution modifiers in the algebra expression begins with + the following step, where Pattern is the algebra + expression produced by the algorithm in the previous section.
+++Let M := ToList(Pattern)
+
Now, the solution modifiers are applied in the following order:
Step: ToList
-ToList turns a multiset into a sequence with the same elements and multiplicities. There is - no implied ordering to the sequence; duplicates need not be adjacent.
--Let M := ToList(Pattern)
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If the query string has an ORDER BY clause