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Re: Sort on vector component

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• Subject: [mg122007] Re: [mg122006] Sort on vector component
• From: Adriano Pascoletti <adriano.pascoletti at uniud.it>
• Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 03:50:24 -0400 (EDT)
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Wolfgang,
Mathematica 6 introduced SortBy

In[1]:= u = {{2, 12, 7, 21}, {2, 48, 47, 97}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {6, 8, 1,
15}, {6, 12,
    9, 27}};
  SortBy[u, #1[[2]] & ]

Out[1]= {{6, 8, 1, 15}, {2, 12, 7, 21}, {6, 12, 9, 27}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {2,
48, 47,
  97}}


In[2]:= sorter[L_List, i_Integer] := SortBy[L, #1[[i]] & ]

In[3]:= sorter[u, 2]
Out[3]= {{6, 8, 1, 15}, {2, 12, 7, 21}, {6, 12, 9, 27}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {2,
48, 47,
  97}}
In[4]:= sorter[u, 3]
Out[4]= {{6, 8, 1, 15}, {2, 12, 7, 21}, {6, 12, 9, 27}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {2,
48, 47,
  97}}
In[5]:= sorter[u, 4]
Out[5]= {{6, 8, 1, 15}, {2, 12, 7, 21}, {6, 12, 9, 27}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {2,
48, 47,
  97}}
In[6]:= sorter[u, 1]
Out[6]= {{2, 12, 7, 21}, {2, 48, 47, 97}, {4, 42, 41, 87}, {6, 8, 1, 15},
{6, 12, 9,
  27}}

Adriano Pascoletti


2011/10/8 Dr. Wolfgang Hintze <weh at snafu.de>

> Given a list
>
> u = {{2, 12, 7, 21}, {2, 48, 47, 97}, {4, 42, 41, 87},
> {6, 8, 1, 15}, {6, 12, 9, 27}}
>
> How can I sort it with respect to a given index position i=(1, ..., 4)?
>
> For i=1 it is simply Sort, for the last one I could use
>
> In[75]:=
> Reverse /@ Sort[Reverse /@ u]
> Out[75]=
> {{6, 8, 1, 15}, {2, 12, 7, 21}, {6, 12, 9, 27},
> {4, 42, 41, 87}, {2, 48, 47, 97}}
>
> I don't want to go in the details of defining lexicographical order but
> just obtain a sorting as described above.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
>

• References:
  • Sort on vector component
    • From: "Dr. Wolfgang Hintze" <weh@snafu.de>