Re: Sort problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg81721] Re: Sort problem
- From: yatesd at mac.com
- Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:37:42 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <fdqd33$n6m$1@smc.vnet.net>
Sort by default will put the elements of the list into canonical
order, which appears to be what you want. Namely:
In[6]:= Sort[{{r, 2}, {a, 3}, {x, 4}}]
Out[6]= {{a, 3}, {r, 2}, {x, 4}}
This is equivalent functionally to Sort[{{r, 2}, {a, 3}, {x, 4}},
OrderedQ[{#1, #2}] &] although supplying your own sort function
usually has a drastic impact on performance (noticeable on large
lists).
#1[[1]] < #2[[1]] & did not work because the 'Less' function (<) is
not defined for strings. You can see this by trying to evaluate:
In[9]:= {a, 3}[[1]] < {r, 2}[[1]]
Out[9]= a < r
Regards,
Derek