"    Input:  {
              table        - experiment table
              sort_index   - if !='', sort by this number within vector (i.e. 0 - X, 1 - Y, etc)
            }

    Output: {
              return       - return code =  0, if successful
                                         >  0, if error
              (error)      - error text if return > 0

              table        - updated experient table
            }

"