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Sort within self-defined procedure

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  • Subject: [mg108582] Sort within self-defined procedure
  • From: dornakul <postitdummy at arcor.de>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:42:34 -0500 (EST)

Hi,

I am desperate. Why is it not possible to sort a list within a self-
defined procedure?

Here comes the minimal example

In[188]:= ks[x_] = Module[{l},
  l = {1, 5, x, 2};
  Sort[l, Greater]
  ]

Out[188]= {5, x, 2, 1}

In[190]:= ks[20]

Out[190]= {5, 20, 2, 1}

Dornakul
Using Mathematica 7 on a Windows machine


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