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Re: Sort a List, in a List of Lists of Lists

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  • Subject: [mg113833] Re: Sort a List, in a List of Lists of Lists
  • From: Mauricio Esteban Cuak <cuak2000 at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:51:11 -0500 (EST)

Depending on the different structure of list you might face, this might
prove to be too ad-hoc, but you can have it while waiting for the good
answers

listthing = {{{1, 2}, {1, 2}, {1, 1}}, {{1, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 2}}, {{1, 2},
{2,
     2}, {1, 2}}, {{2, 2}, {1, 2}, {2, 2}}, {{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1, 2}}, {{1,
     2}, {2, 2}, {2, 2}}};
Dimensions[%]


{6, 3, 2}


Map[Sort[#] &, listthing, Dimensions[listthing][[3]]]


 This should work for other types of lists:


Map[Sort[#] &, listthing, Min[Dimensions[listthing]] ]


It is by no means a general solution of course.


Best,


me


2010/11/13 <leigh.pascoe at inserm.fr>

> Dear Mathgroup,
>
> I have a lsit of Lists of Lists:
>
>
> {{{1,2},{2,1},{1,1}},{{1,1},{1,1},{1,2}},{{2,1},{2,2},{1,2}},{{2,2},{1,2},{2,2}},{{1,1},{2,1},{1,2}},{{1,2},{2,2},{2,2}}}
>
> I would like to sort the elements in the lowest level of brackets to give
>
> {{{1, 2}, {1, 2}, {1, 1}}, {{1, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, 2}}, {{1, 2}, {2,
>    2}, {1, 2}}, {{2, 2}, {1, 2}, {2, 2}}, {{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1,
>    2}}, {{1, 2}, {2, 2}, {2, 2}}}
>
> i.e retaining the same structure with the paired elements in the
> original order. I can't seem to get the syntax right to do this apart
> from the obvious
>
> {{Sort[{1, 2}], Sort[{2, 1}], Sort[{1, 1}]}, {Sort[{1, 1}],
>   Sort[{1, 1}], Sort[{1, 2}]}, {Sort[{2, 1}], Sort[{2, 2}],
>   Sort[{1, 2}]}, {Sort[{2, 2}], Sort[{1, 2}],
>   Sort[{2, 2}]}, {Sort[{1, 1}], Sort[{2, 1}],
>   Sort[{1, 2}]}, {Sort[{1, 2}], Sort[{2, 2}], Sort[{2, 2}]}}
>
> I must have a blind spot for the correct command. Can someone please
> help me with what should be a straightforward sort. As I want to carry
> this out on several hundred thousand pairs I need a more efficient
> command. Thanks in advance.
>
> LP
>


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