Re: Sort with -Infinity fails
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- Subject: [mg73887] Re: Sort with -Infinity fails
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 06:45:35 -0500 (EST)
- References: <es6d0l$rmr$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Tom,
astonishingly the following gives the correct sorted list:
Sort[{-Infinity,-8,5},#1<#2&]
Daniel
Tom Aldenberg wrote:
> Dear MathGroup,
>
> Minus Infinity (-Infinity) is smaller than -8, but Sort does not sort it as
> expected.
> Is there a Real minus Infinity?
>
>
> In[75]:=
> -Infinity < -8
> Out[75]=
> True
>
> In[76]:=
> Sort[{-Infinity, -8, 5}]
> Out[76]=
> {-8, 5, -∞}
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Aldenberg
>
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