Re: Sorting of Data Lists
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- Subject: [mg11040] Re: [mg11011] Sorting of Data Lists
- From: jpk@max.mpae.gwdg.de
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:31:39 -0500
Hi Christopher,
try this
a=Table[i,{i,1,10}];
b=Table[11-i,{i,1,10}];
the following function will create You c List[]/vector
c=Apply[If[#1<#2,#1,#2] &,#] & /@ Transpose[{a,b}]
{1,2,3,4,5,5,4,3,2,1}
Hope that helps
Jens
> 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
>