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SORTFIELDS

by Ian Howat

 

24 Aug 2008 (Updated 25 Aug 2008)

SORTFIELDS sort values in all fields within a structure.

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%SORTFIELDS sort values in all fields within a structure.
% SORTFIELDS(A) sorts the rows of each field of structure A in asending
% order and returns a structure of the same dimension and field names.
% SORTFIELDS(A,'SORTBYFIELD','FIELDNAME',...) sorts each field by the
% specified field. All fields must be the same size.
% SORTFIELDS(A,'PARAMETER1','VALUE1','PARAMETER2','VALUE2',....) uses the
% properties:
% DIM selects a dimension along which to sort.
% MODE selects the direction of the sort
% 'ascend' results in ascending order
% 'descend' results in descending order
%
% EXAMPLES:
% >> A.field1 = [9,1,8,2,7,3,6,4,5]; A.field2 = fliplr(A.field1)
% A =
% field1: [9 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5]
% field2: [5 4 6 3 7 2 8 1 9]
% >> B = sortfields(A)
% B =
% field1: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
% field2: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
% >> B = sortfields(A,'sortbyfield','field1')
% B =
% field1: [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
% field2: [4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6 5]
% >> B = sortfields(A,'sortbyfield','field1','mode','descend','dim',2)
% B =
% field1: [9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1]
% field2: [5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4]

MATLAB release MATLAB 7.5 (R2007b)
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Comments and Ratings (3)
24 Nov 2008 Shlomi

This function is just what I looked for. Thanks.
I suggest you add another option to sort the fields according to a supplied variable and not only according to one of the fields.
It is a complimentary option to 'SORTBYFIELD' and can be called 'SORTBYVAR'.

24 Nov 2008 Shlomi

It'll be also useful if you return the parameter 'I' in the same manner that the sort function does. 'I' should be an array or cell array in the case that 'SORTBYFIELDS' was not used.

26 Sep 2009 Matt Fetterman

Seems quite useful !

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utilities Ian Howat 22 Oct 2008 10:15:58

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