Re: Sorting complex points
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- Subject: [mg55886] Re: Sorting complex points
- From: Marcus Stollsteimer <marcus314 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 03:55:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG
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OT wrote:
> I'm trying to sort lists of random complex points on the unit circle
> using their angles as criterion to sort them: I mean, if
> z=Cos[a]+I*Sin[a] and w=Cos[b]+I*Sin[b]( 0<=a,b<2*Pi ),
> I want z<w if a<b;
>
> how can i do that?
Hi, try
MyArg[x_] := Mod[Arg[x], 2 Pi]
list={0.625162 + 0.835834 I,0.502244 + 0.43736 I}
sortedlist = Sort[list, MyArg[#1] < MyArg[#2] &]
Regards,
Marcus
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