Re: newbie question on sorting
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- Subject: [mg26454] Re: [mg26420] newbie question on sorting
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:51:56 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Just Sort your matrix (btw, try to avoid capital letters to name your
objects). E.g.:
In[1]:=
mat = Table[Random[Integer, {0, 9}], {4}, {3}]
Out[1]=
{{3, 5, 0}, {8, 2, 1}, {3, 9, 4}, {1, 6, 2}}
In[2]:=
Sort[mat]
Out[2]=
{{1, 6, 2}, {3, 5, 0}, {3, 9, 4}, {8, 2, 1}}
Tomas Garza
Mexico City
"niels Waller" <niels.waller at home.com> wrote:
> I have just started using Mathematica for a programming task and have
run
> into a difficulty. I have a matrix M. I would like to sort the rows
of M
> based on the values of the first column. Is there any easy way to do
this?
> Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.