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1answer
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Sorting a matrix alphanumerically

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7
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1answer
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Ordering function with recognition of duplicates

Fairly often I have a need to get the Ordering of an expression but with recognition of duplicates. For example: ...
8
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1answer
237 views

How can I collect data for visualization of quick sort?

I know how to implement quick sort in Mathematica. But I don't know how to get the temp data for visualization, because I used recursion. I want the effect like this. ...
2
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2answers
139 views

Position function not always retuning an answer even with no apparent problems

I'm having some problems with Position. Sometimes it will give an empty list instead of the actual position of the element I am looking for when that element is ...
4
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6answers
185 views

Sorting Matrix elements

I have matrix in as shown, consisting of real numbers and 0. How can I sort it to become out as shown? ...
9
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1answer
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Ranking Function Allowing for Ties

I have a list that I need to be able to assign ranks to individual elements in, giving it a number related to its position if the list were to be sorted, allowing for ties. For example, ...
6
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2answers
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Merging different size, different order table

I'm a beginner in Mathematica, so this may be a simple request. I have generated some columns of names and data. I want to merge them into a single list of names, with a column for each attribute. ...
3
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2answers
160 views

Mathematica list element sort

I have a list, say, ...
18
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11answers
640 views

Generating an ordered list of pairs of elements from ordered lists

I have a pair of ordered lists. I want to generate a new ordered list (using the same ordering) of length n by applying a binary operator to pairs of elements, one from each list, along with the index ...
11
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2answers
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Sorting a list with secondary criterion

Is there an easy way to sort a list on multiple levels of criteria? By this I mean, first the list should be sorted according by criteria A (the same as using the usual sort function, ...
16
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4answers
529 views

Sort lists according to the order of another

I have three parallel lists (i.e. the elements in position i of each list are related). I want to sort the first list using the function Sort and make the same changes to the other lists so that I ...
4
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1answer
114 views

Sorting a list and finding an array of indices that sorts the list

How can I sort a list and also get a list of indices that sort this list? For example: primary list is a a={1,4,6,7,0,2}; sorted list is b ...
12
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2answers
770 views

Simple algorithm to find cycles in edge list

I have the edge list of an undirected graph which consists of disjoint "cycles" only. Example: {{1, 2}, {2, 3}, {3, 4}, {4, 1}, {5, 6}, {6, 7}, {7, 5}} Each ...
7
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5answers
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How to find rows that have maximum value?

Suppose if I have following list { {10,b,30}, {100,a,40}, {1000,b,10}, {1000,b,70}, {100,b,20}, {10,b,70} } How to find rows that have max value in ...
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2answers
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How to generate Intervals from a given list?

If I have a list list={3,7,4,5,1} how to get the List of Intervals /Ranges result = {{1,3},{3,4},{4,5},{5,7}}