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Re: Sorting question

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  • Subject: [mg52767] Re: [mg52758] Sorting question
  • From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:22:03 -0500 (EST)
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Union[data, SameTest -> (#1[[2]] <= #2[[2]] &)]


Bob Hanlon

> 
> From: Nimrod <jdedguard-agent at yahoo.co.uk>
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: 2004/12/11 Sat AM 05:23:38 EST
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg52767] [mg52758] Sorting question
> 
>  A simple sorting question that has me stumped as to how to do it both
> quickly and elegantly.
> 
> I have a list of data pairs of the form (distance, time).  I want to
> sort on the distance element and then remove all pairs where the time
> element is out of order with the distance element.  For example
> ((1,1),(2,3),(3,2),(4,4)) --> ((1,1),(4,4)).  The actual lists are
> much longer.
> 
> Thanks in advnace,
> 
> Nimrod.
> 
> 


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