SORTFIELDS

SORTFIELDS sort values in all fields within a structure.

Description

%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)

[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'.

[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.

[Matt Fetterman]

Seems quite useful !