Re: Sort problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg56343] Re: Sort problem
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at u.washington.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:23:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Washington
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<konstantpi at mail15.com> wrote in message news:d47suf$54n$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hi > How to sort two lists such as: > age={30,12,60,20}; > pple={"john","kate","peter","alice"}; > > to give the output: > age={12,20,30,60} > pple={"kate","alice","john","peter"} > > ie: to keep every person opposite his age number. > thanks > Use Ordering. ord=Ordering[age]; age=age[[ord]] pple=pple[[ord]] will do what you want. Carl Woll