Re: Sorting a list of symbols
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- Subject: [mg116835] Re: Sorting a list of symbols
- From: Yves Klett <yves.klett at googlemail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:32:41 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,
something like:
SortBy[{v999, v1, v2, v3, v10, v4, v0},
ToExpression[StringCases[ToString[#], NumberString]] &]
{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v10, v999}
seems to work. Looks a bit lengthy, though.
Regards,
Yves
Am 01.03.2011 11:28, schrieb Robert Wright:
> Is there a way of sorting a list of symbols like {v1, v2, v3, v10, v4} such that
> it gives {v1, v2, v3, v4, v10} and not the Mathematica default of {v1,v10, v2,v3, v4}? I
> am trying to avoid using the obvious solution of {v01, v02, v03, v04, v10}!