Re: Sorting by date (CORRECTION)
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- Subject: [mg72663] Re: [mg72637] Sorting by date (CORRECTION)
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:38:44 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Actually my first response was not just slow, it was WRONG. {4,2,1} should have been {4,2,0}, i.e.,
Sort[data, Last[#1].(10^{4,2,0})<Last[#2].(10^{4,2,0})&]
This can also be written
Sort[data, FromDigits[Last[#1], 100] < FromDigits[Last[#2], 100] &]
Bob Hanlon
---- Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net> wrote:
> A shorter and quicker way than my first approach is data[[Ordering[Last/@data]]]
>
> data={{3,137.5,13978,{2005,2,8}},
> {3,138.5,12519,{2005,1,4}},
> {3,171.9,15835,{2005,4,12}},
> {3,142.8,17137,{2005,11,19}},
> {3,161.1,18881,{2006,1,18}},
> {3,108.7,20055,{2006,2,28}},
> {3,157,21498,{2006,9,14}},
> {3,118.1,10891,{2004,11,12}}};
>
> Timing[Sort[data, Last[#1].(10^{4,2,1})<Last[#2].(10^{4,2,1})&];]
>
> {0.011517 Second,Null}
>
> Timing[data[[Ordering[Last/@data]]];]
>
> {0.000259 Second,Null}
>
> Sort[data, Last[#1].(10^{4,2,1})<Last[#2].(10^{4,2,1})&]==
> data[[Ordering[Last/@data]]]
>
> True
>
>
> Bob Hanlon
>
> ---- Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net> wrote:
> > data={{3,137.5,13978,{2005,2,8}},
> > {3,138.5,12519,{2005,1,4}},
> > {3,171.9,15835,{2005,4,12}},
> > {3,142.8,17137,{2005,11,19}},
> > {3,161.1,18881,{2006,1,18}},
> > {3,108.7,20055,{2006,2,28}},
> > {3,157,21498,{2006,9,14}},
> > {3,118.1,10891,{2004,11,12}}};
> >
> > Sort[data, Last[#1].(10^{4,2,1})<Last[#2].(10^{4,2,1})&]
> >
> > {{3,118.1,10891,{2004,11,12}},{3,138.5,12519,{2005,1,4}},{3,
> > 137.5,13978,{2005,
> > 2,8}},{3,171.9,15835,{2005,4,12}},{3,142.8,17137,{2005,11,19}},{3,
> > 161.1,18881,{2006,1,18}},{3,108.7,20055,{2006,2,28}},{
> > 3,157,21498,{2006,9,14}}}
> >
> >
> > Bob Hanlon
> >
> > ---- Clifford Martin <camartin at snet.net> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have a list of lists that looks like so:
> > >
> > >
> > > {{3, 137.5, 13978, {2005, 2, 8}}, {3, 138.5, 12519, {2005, 1, 4}}, {3, 171.9, 15835, {2005, 4, 12}}, {3, 142.8, 17137, {2005, 11, 19}},
> > > {3, 161.1, 18881, {2006, 1, 18}}, {3, 108.7, 20055, {2006, 2, 28}}, {3, 157, 21498, {2006, 9, 14}}, {3, 118.1, 10891, {2004, 11, 12}}}
> > >
> > > The last element per vector is a date. I'd like to sort the list so that the vectors are arranged in ascending order of date, i.e. the vector containing {2004,11,12} should be first and and the vector containing {2006,9,14} should be last. Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Cliff
> > >
--
Bob Hanlon
hanlonr at cox.net