Re: Sorting of Data Lists
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg11076] Re: Sorting of Data Lists
- From: Edward Neuman <edneuman@math.siu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:32:27 -0500
- Organization: SIUC
- References: <6camtn$fe8@smc.vnet.net>
CFreitas@swri.edu wrote:
> I have two equal length vector sets of data. I wish to form a third vector
> whose elements are the minimum values from each component of the other two
> vectors; i.e., if a(i) < b(i), then c(i) = a(i), else c(i) = b(i). I have
> tried many different methods within Mathematica 3.0 and have not been
> successful. I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to accomplish this
> task.
> Thank you.
>
> Dr. Christopher J. Freitas
> Principal Engineer - Computational Mechanics
> Southwest Research Institute
> Voice: 210-522-2137, Fax: 210-522-3042
You may try this:
c[a_,b_]:=Min /@ Transpose[{a,b}]
In[3]:=
a={1,2,3};
b={3,2,1};
c[a,b]
Out[3]=
{1,2,1}
Edward Neuman