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September 11th, 2007

MATLAB Basics video: Sorting matrices

 This video covers how to sort a matrix, either sorting each column independently or sorting such that the original rows stay together. Most new users are able to find the SORT command without much problem, but the very useful SORTROWS is often missed.
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14:01 UTC | Posted in Format: Video, Level: Basic | Permalink | 5 Comments »

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5 Responses to “MATLAB Basics video: Sorting matrices”

  1. slaesche replied on October 17th, 2007 at 17:42 UTC :

    Good tip! Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

  2. mayank replied on July 2nd, 2008 at 21:51 UTC :

    Hi,I want to sort the coordiantes.How to do this?
    Eg- 1 0
    3 2
    21 0
    4 4
    2 3
    5 4
    so that the sorted coordinates come out to be:
    1 0
    21 0
    3 2
    2 3
    4 4
    5 4

  3. Doug replied on July 3rd, 2008 at 08:00 UTC :

    Mayank,

    Please watch the video again. You will see Sortrows at the end. This is the function you are looking for.

    Doug

  4. Sanchay Subhedar replied on September 22nd, 2008 at 22:51 UTC :

    I am getting this error on using simple sort function on the same magic square as your.

    ??? Index exceeds matrix dimensions.

    How can I “sort” this problem ;-)

  5. Doug replied on September 23rd, 2008 at 08:46 UTC :

    Sanchay,

    You need to show all the relevant code to get help.

    Doug

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