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• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg81678] Sort problem
• From: Donald DuBois <donabc at comcast.net>
• Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 04:49:55 -0400 (EDT)

Hello,

This Sort works

In[32]:= Sort[{r, a, x}]

Out[32]= {a, r, x}

but this one doesn't:

In[33]:= Sort[{{r, 2}, {a, 3}, {x, 4}}, #1[[1]] < #2[[1]] &]

Out[33]= {{r, 2}, {a, 3}, {x, 4}}


What am I doing wrong?

Don

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