Re: sort list
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg47215] Re: sort list
- From: Marcus Stollsteimer <marcus314 at yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:57:36 -0500 (EST)
- References: <c4be1n$702$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi,
mysort[list_] := list[[Ordering[list[[All, 2]]]]]
or
mysort[list_] := Sort[list, OrderedQ[{#1[[2]],#2[[2]]}]&]
should do the job:
In = {{a, 2}, {b, 1}, {c, 3}} // mysort
Out= {{b, 1}, {a, 2}, {c, 3}}
(You could also look for "Sort" in the online help...)
Regards,
Marcus
Guibout wrote:
> I have a list of the form
> {{something1,x1},{something2,x2},{something3,x3}} where x1,x2, x3
> {{are
> numbers. I want to sort this list with respect to xi.
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