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Re: Sorting question

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  • Subject: [mg52772] Re: Sorting question
  • From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh at snafu.de>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:22:13 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <cpeko6$764$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Assuming that "out of order with" means unequal here's an approach using 
Select.

Let your list be

In[33]:=
d = {{1, 1}, {2, 3}, {3, 2}, {4, 4}}

Out[33]=
{{1, 1}, {2, 3}, {3, 2}, {4, 4}}

Then

In[32]:=
s = Select[d, #1[[1]] == #1[[2]] & ]

Out[32]=
{{1, 1}, {4, 4}}

Hope this helps.
Wolfgang

"out of order with"


Nimrod wrote:

>  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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