How to Sort on row by row basis?

Question

Say I have matrix original

how to sort on row by row basis to get:

sorted

VLC · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-15 13:34:22Z

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Sort on row by row basis:

mat = {{1, 3, 2, 4}, {4, 3, 2, 1}, {3, 2, 4, 1}, {1, 2, 4, 3}};

matrix

Sort /@ mat

sorted matrix

Sort on column by column basis:

mat2 = {{4, 3, 1, 4}, {2, 4, 3, 2}, {1, 1, 2, 3}, {3, 2, 4, 1}};

matrix

Transpose[Sort /@ Transpose[mat2]]

sorted matrix

edited Nov 15 '12 at 13:34

answered Nov 15 '12 at 13:19

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