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Re: Sorting nested lists with strings

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  • Subject: [mg116311] Re: Sorting nested lists with strings
  • From: Paperorbifold <kgodelNOSPAM at liberoNOSPAM.it>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:11:46 -0500 (EST)
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Sjoerd C. de Vries wrote:

> I'm not sure why you think Sort sorts on the second field of the list.
> It doesn't:
> 
> In[534]:= list = {{"Paul", 23}, {"Amanda", 5}, {"Carl", 32}};
> 
> In[535]:= Sort[list]
> 
> Out[535]= {{"Amanda", 5}, {"Carl", 32}, {"Paul", 23}}

Of course you're right! Maybe I was really tired when I sent the message.
It's clear that the option that works immediately is Sort@list (and the 
equivalent Sort[list]).
Thanks to everybody for all the answers.

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...and I will make them pay for what they've done! (J.L. Picard)


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