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Re: SortBy

From	Michael Stern <nycstern@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject	Re: SortBy
Date	2011-04-16 11:33 +0000
Organization	Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
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SortBy[KS, #[[2]] &]

Cheers,

Michael Stern
Merrin Capital Management

On 4/15/2011 3:56 AM, graser wrote:
> Dear Mathematica group,
>
> I have a simple question for you.
>
> Let's say there is a list like
>
> KS = {{300, 48, 2}, {500, 23, 5}, {120, 55, 7}, {40, 32, 1}};
>
> I want to sort it by second element.
>
> I can use
>
> Sort[KS, #2[[2]]>  #1[[2]]&]
>
> It gives out like
>
> {{500, 23, 5}, {40, 32, 1}, {300, 48, 2}, {120, 55, 7}}
>
> But if I want to use SortBy, how to do that?
>
> SortBy[KS, ??]
>
> Thanks!
>
>

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