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Re: How do you sort an array in IDL? [message #11423]

Mon, 06 April 1998 00:00

Martin Schultz
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Registered: August 1997

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Robert A. Lematta wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to sort an array in idl (ala excell) while preserving
> the order of the other columns. For example, if I have a 10 by 10 array
> with the second column being time, how do I sort the entire array by time and
> have the values in the other columns follow. Like you'd do a sort in a
> spreadsheet. Please reply to lematta@spawar.navy.mil. Many thanks in advance.
> I've tried to figure out the sort function but I don't think it works on arraysswith more than one row or column.
>

Robert,

if you are looking for a sort algorithm similar to what you can do
with spreadsheets, you may want to try my w_sort.pro widget (or the
"multisort" procedure therein): this lets you sort an array keyed on one
or several variables (columns). You can find it on my web page, URL
listed below (it will be posted there by tomorrow).

Regards,
Martin.

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		Re: How do you sort an array in IDL? By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 06 April 1998 00:00
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