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