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Custom sort?
01-20-2019, 08:20 PM
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RE: Custom sort?
(01-20-2019 06:09 PM)EricR Wrote:  Hi! I need to sort lists of lists according to their second element, i.e. an input {{1, 2}, {2, 2.5}, {3, 1.5}} should result in an output {{2, 2.5}, {1, 2}, {3, 1.5}}.

SORT({{1,2},{2,2.5},{3,1.5}},2) will return {{3,1.5},{1,2},{2,2.5}}.
If you want the second elements in descending order, just reverse the list:
REVERSE(SORT({{1,2},{2,2.5},{3,1.5}},2)) will return {{2,2.5},{1,2},{3,1.5}}
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Custom sort? - EricR - 01-20-2019, 06:09 PM
RE: Custom sort? - pier4r - 01-20-2019, 06:50 PM
RE: Custom sort? - Didier Lachieze - 01-20-2019 08:20 PM
RE: Custom sort? - DrD - 01-20-2019, 09:13 PM
RE: Custom sort? - Didier Lachieze - 01-20-2019, 11:38 PM
RE: Custom sort? - Albert Chan - 01-21-2019, 03:05 AM
RE: Custom sort? - John Keith - 01-22-2019, 04:23 PM
RE: Custom sort? - Albert Chan - 01-22-2019, 05:34 PM
RE: Custom sort? - DrD - 01-21-2019, 10:56 AM
RE: Custom sort? - informach - 01-22-2019, 06:54 PM
RE: Custom sort? - StephenG1CMZ - 01-23-2019, 01:53 PM



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