# Does Ray remote functions return in correct order?
**URL:** https://discuss.ray.io/t/does-ray-remote-functions-return-in-correct-order/9482
**Category:** Ray Core
**Created:** [February 23, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/does-ray-remote-functions-return-in-correct-order/9482 "2023-02-23T21:24:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@xzf0kgb0bqr.cev2RWU](https://discuss.ray.io/u/xzf0kgb0bqr.cev2RWU)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/does-ray-remote-functions-return-in-correct-order/9482/1 "2023-02-23T21:24:46Z")
- Medium: It contributes to significant difficulty to complete my task, but I can work around it.
_ **Main Question** _
Do ray remote functions output results in correct order?
If I call
`ray.get([do_some_work.remote(x) for x in range(2)]`
and `do_some_work(1)` finishes earlier than `do_some_work(0)`, will I get:
a) `[do_some_work(1), do_some_work(0)]`
b) `[do_some_work(0), do_some_work(1)]`
I would like to get option (b), so if the answer is (a), is there a way to make enforce that I get option (b)?
_ **More details** _
Taking code from the Ray tutorial “Tips for first-time users”:
```auto
@ray.remote
def do_some_work(x):
time.sleep(random.uniform(0, 4)) # Replace this with work you need to do.
return x
data_list = ray.get([do_some_work.remote(x) for x in range(4)])
```
Since `do_some_work` takes a variable amount of time, will Ray know I want the results to be:
```auto
[do_some_work(0), do_some_work(1), do_some_work(2), do_some_work(2)]
```
or will it output in the order of whichever job finishes earlier?
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### Author:  [@yic](https://discuss.ray.io/u/yic)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/does-ray-remote-functions-return-in-correct-order/9482/2 "2023-02-24T02:38:56Z")
It’ll be the order you expect. Basically, a = f(b) and a will always be the result of f(b).
```auto
data_list == [do_some_work(0), do_some_work(1), do_some_work(2), do_some_work(2)]
```