Re: Sorting of Data Lists
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg11065] Re: Sorting of Data Lists
- From: Bill Bertram <wkb@ansto.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:32:18 -0500
- Organization: ANSTO
- 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). Try this, lista = {1,3,2,5,8,4,6,9,2,5,1,2}; listb = {2,1,4,3,7,2,8,4,3,2,5,1}; listc = Table[Min[la[[i]],lb[[i]]],{i,1,12}] output: {1,1,2,3,7,2,6,4,2,2,1,1} Hope this helps, Bill