Re: Sorting nested list
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- Subject: [mg57376] Re: [mg57295] Sorting nested list
- From: "Wolf, Hartmut" <Hartmut.Wolf at t-systems.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 04:31:20 -0400 (EDT)
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Gernot Pfanner [mailto:pfannerg at stud.uni-graz.at] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:13 AM >Subject: [mg57376] [mg57295] Sorting nested list > >Hi! > >Please forgive me, if this is the 100.000th posting concerning >sorting a >list. But at the moment I'm pretty confused, and so I ask you >kindly for >your help... >Given something like >{{a,{2,4,1.,...}},{b,{3.2,-2,...}}} >How do I sort just the inner lists (i.e. e.g. {2,4,1.,...}), so that my >object finally looks like >{{a,{1.,2,4.,...}},{b,{-2,3.2,...}}} >In this spirit >With thanks in advance >Yours Gernot > > Gernot, in principle there are two complementary methods: First, dissect your expression, apply Sort to the parts intended and recompose. Step by step, let In[2]:= l={{a,{2,4,1.,"..."}},{c,{3,1,2,"..."}},{b,{3.2,-2,"..."}}} In[3]:= {keys, ll} = Transpose[l] Out[3]= {{a, c, b}, {{2, 4, 1., "..."}, {3, 1, 2, "..."}, {3.2, -2, "..."}}} In[4]:= llsorted = Sort /@ ll Out[4]= {{1., 2, 4, "..."}, {1, 2, 3, "..."}, {-2, 3.2, "..."}} In[5]:= Transpose[{keys, llsorted}] Out[5]= {{a, {1., 2, 4, "..."}}, {c, {1, 2, 3, "..."}}, {b, {-2, 3.2, "..."}}} Put together into a one-liner, (e.g., there are lots of variants): In[7]:= Transpose[{#1, Sort /@ #2}]& @@ Transpose[l] Out[7]= {{a, {1., 2, 4, "..."}}, {c, {1, 2, 3, "..."}}, {b, {-2, 3.2, "..."}}} Second, keep your structure untouched but map Sort to the right parts: In[10]:= MapAt[Sort, l, Thread[{Range[Length[l]],2}]] Out[10]= {{a, {1., 2, 4, "..."}}, {c, {1, 2, 3, "..."}}, {b, {-2, 3.2, "..."}}} (Of course you may combine both methods appropriately.) -- Hartmut Wolf