Re: error with sort function in octave

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585venkat wrote
> Hi all,
> 
>   'sort' function in octave is giving me error in the following case.
> 
> [a,b]=sort([1,3,6,4,5])
> a =
> 
>    1   3   4   5   6
> 
> b =
> 
>    1   2   4   5   3
> 
> 
> In the above example 'b' should give ranking of the original values
> passed(i.e 1,2 5,3 4), but it is not giving.  Any explanation for this ??
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> venki

[1,3,6,4,5] element 1 -> 1
[1,3,6,4,5] element 2 -> 3
[1,3,6,4,5] element 4 -> 4
[1,3,6,4,5] element 5 -> 5
[1,3,6,4,5] element 3 -> 6

sorted list -> [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]; index positions of members in original list
-> [1, 2, 4, 5, 3].

Looks right to me.



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