MathGroup Archive 2004

[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]

Search the Archive

Re: Re: Re: Sorting a list of pairs on the second elements

  • To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
  • Subject: [mg51441] Re: [mg51412] Re: [mg51372] Re: Sorting a list of pairs on the second elements
  • From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 03:06:05 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <cklmi7$f1o$1@smc.vnet.net> <200410150647.CAA05265@smc.vnet.net> <200410160820.EAA23720@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: drbob at bigfoot.com
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Both methods do the same thing at my machine, and there's also a third method that may do better:

sss={{gggcggcgacctcgcgggttttcgctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg \
tcataacttaatgtttttatttaaaatacc,1},{\
tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagtatttatcg,13},{\
tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaa,12},{\
tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttctt,11},{aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg \
tca,122},{aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttctt,121},{
       ttcttgcctttgcgg,1211},{actgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttg,1221},{\
gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcgtcataa,133},{\
gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcg,132},{gctatttat,131},{gcggaatttggcctttta aa,
       1321},{aaattttcc,13211},{aatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagt,\
1331},{tgaaaattttccggttt,13311}};
Sort[sss, (Last[#1] < Last[#2]) &]
% == Transpose@Reverse@Transpose@Sort@Transpose@Reverse@Transpose[
                 sss]
%% == Reverse /@ Sort[Reverse /@ sss]

{{gggcggcgacctcgcgggttttcgctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg \
tcataacttaatgtttttatttaaaatacc,1},{tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttctt,11},{\
tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaa,12},{\
tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagtatttatcg,13},{\
aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttctt,121},{aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg \
tca,122},{gctatttat,131},{gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcg,132},{\
gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcgtcataa,133},{ttcttgcctttgcgg,\
1211},{actgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttg,1221},{aa \
gcggaatttggcctttta,1321},{aatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagt,1331},\
{aaattttcc,13211},{tgaaaattttccggttt,13311}}

True

True

Bobby

On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:20:51 -0400 (EDT), János <janos.lobb at yale.edu> wrote:

> On Oct 15, 2004, at 2:47 AM, Peltio wrote:
>
>> "János" wrote
>>
>>>    Map[Reverse,Sort[Map[Reverse,collectedDnaBin]]]
>>
>>>    Sort[collectedDnaBin,#1[[2]] < #2[[2]] &]
>>> but that does not want to do the trick for me.
>>
>> I wonder why. It should work, albeit inefficently. Mmmmm, have you
>> tried
>> with parenthesis wrapped around the pure function?
>>     Sort[collectedDnaBin,(#1[[2]] < #2[[2]])&]
>> Have you tried it in a fresh kernel?
>
> Yes, and yes.  It does not work.
> In[31]:=
> Sort[sss, (Last[#1] < Last[#2] )&]
>
> Out[31]=
> {{gggcggcgacctcgcgggttttcgctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg
>   \
> tcataacttaatgtttttatttaaaatacc,1},{\
> tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagtatttatcg,13},
> {\
> tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaa,12},{\
> tatttttgtaattcaatactgcttcttctt,11},{aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcg
> tca,\
> 122},{aaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttctt,121},{ttcttgcctttgcgg,1211},{\
> actgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttg,1221},{\
> gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcgtttccgttcttcttcgtcataa,133},{\
> gctatttatgaaaattttccggtttaaggcg,132},{gctatttat,131},{gcggaatttggcctttta
> aa,\
> 1321},{aaattttcc,13211},{aatactgcttcttcttgcctttgcggaatttggccttttaaaagt,1
> 331},{\
> tgaaaattttccggttt,13311}}
>
> Maybe because they are Strings ?  I am just guessing...
>>
>>> In general, if I have a list whose elements are m-member lists, like
>>> {{a1,...,am},...,{z1,...,zm}}, then my question is what is the
>>> best/fastest way to sort it on the k-th elements of the members where
>>> 1<=k<=m and ak,...,zk are arbitrary objects - in my case Strings - and
>>> use as little memory for it as possible.
>>
>> Dunno for the general case, but this -very inelegant - approach to sort
>> according to the last element seems to be pretty fast (lots of
>> procedures
>> but applied to the data as a whole, without timeconsuming mapping on
>> every
>> single element)
>>
>>     Transpose@Reverse@Transpose@Sort@Transpose@Reverse@Transpose[
>> collectedDnaBin ]
>
> This one works fine.
>
>>
>> ( The first and last three procs just implement a swap function
>>     swap[list_]:=Transpose@Reverse@Transpose[list]
>> )
>>
>> The group's gurus will certainly find a proc at least ten times faster
>> than
>> this, I'm sure.
>
> I don't know.  The suggestions I got via the list and private are all
> excellent, but the data I had to sort got so big that I even did not
> get to that point to able to sort because the Kernel just quitted on me
> half way.  Now I am on a different "war-path" to get the results I need
> :)  /My secret prayers go out for a real 64-bit, or MORE, Mathematica
> on OSX..../
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> János
>>
>> cheers,
>> Peltio
>> Invalid address in reply-to. Crafty demunging required to mail me.
>
> I tried to employ Mathematica in "Crafty demunging" but I failed, so I
> send it "as is".  Now I embrace for an "Addressee not found..."
> thunder... :)
>>
>>
>>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> János Löbb
> Yale University School of Medicine
> Department of Pathology
> Phone: 203-737-5204
> Fax:      203-785-7303
> E-mail: janos.lobb at yale.edu
>
>
>
>



-- 
DrBob at bigfoot.com
www.eclecticdreams.net


  • Prev by Date: Re: Solving an equation
  • Next by Date: Simple question sabout setting directory
  • Previous by thread: Re: Re: Sorting a list of pairs on the second elements
  • Next by thread: Re: Re: Sorting a list of pairs on the second elements