Sort with -Infinity fails
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- Subject: [mg73822] [mg73822] Sort with -Infinity fails
- From: Tom Aldenberg <Tom.Aldenberg at rivm.nl>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 06:10:22 -0500 (EST)
Dear MathGroup,
Minus Infinity (-Infinity) is smaller than -8, but Sort does not sort it as
expected.
Is there a Real minus Infinity?
In[75]:=
-Infinity < -8
Out[75]=
True
In[76]:=
Sort[{-Infinity, -8, 5}]
Out[76]=
{-8, 5, -∞}
Regards,
Tom Aldenberg
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