Re: Sorting Rows of a Matrix
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- Subject: [mg65122] Re: [mg65089] Sorting Rows of a Matrix
- From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca>
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:28:42 -0500 (EST)
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Works like a charm. Now what if that second column contained strings rather than numbers, for example, "Sydney", "Martha", "Alberta", and "Ralph"? Regards, Greg On Tue, Mar 14, 2006, at 8:05 AM, Bob Hanlon wrote: > Sort[data, #1[[2]] < #2[[2]] &] > > > Bob Hanlon > >> >> From: Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> Subject: [mg65122] [mg65089] Sorting Rows of a Matrix >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> How can I sort the rows of a matrix by using one or more of the >> columns as sort keys just like in a spreadsheet? For example, if >> matrix M is 12 x 2 with numbers in the first column and unordered >> month numbers in the second, how would I order the rows by month? >> >> Regards, >> >> Greg >> >>