Ordering answers to calculations with lowest first

Hi, I was wondering if there is a simple way to order answers to calculations in descending order. I have carried out around 16 similar calculations with numeric answers being output for each, however I'm trying to get them listed in order. Is this possible at all?

Thanks, Karen.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

They are scalar values each? Then

sort([bestimage,rachelbook,sym8book2,sym8book4],'descend')

[Karen Rafferty]

That worked perfect, thank you so much. I really appreciate everyone's help.

Answer 2

[Matt Tearle]

results = zeros(16,1);
for k = 1:16
  results(k) = %do calculation
end

disp(sort(results))

Is that what you mean? (Probably not!)

[Matt Fig]

Too fast! This was my only guess too. I hope Karen is storing the results of each calculation, and not wondering if we can make the algorithm spit out the answers in any order.

Answer 3

[Karen Rafferty]

Here is the code I am using; Basically they are all images and I'm calculating the sum value for each.

function []= multifocus ()

% Reading in images
Sym8bk2=imread('compositeimagebook2sym8.jpg');
Sym8bk4=imread('compositeimagebook4sym8.jpg');
Sym8bk8=imread('compositeimagebook8sym8.jpg');
Sym8bk16=imread('compositeimagebook16sym8.jpg');
Biorbk2=imread('compositeimagebookbior2.jpg');
Biorbk4=imread('compositeimagebookbior4.jpg');
Biorbk8=imread('compositeimagebookbior8.jpg');
Biorbk16=imread('compositeimagebookbior16.jpg');
Coifbk2=imread('compositeimagebookcoif2.jpg');
Coifbk4=imread('compositeimagebookcoif4.jpg');
Coifbk8=imread('compositeimagebookcoif8.jpg');
Coifbk16=imread('compositeimagebookcoif16.jpg');
Dbbk2=imread('compositeimagebookdb2.jpg');
Dbbk4=imread('compositeimagebookdb4.jpg');
Dbbk8=imread('compositeimagebookdb8.jpg');
Dbbk16=imread('compositeimagebookdb16.jpg');
Haarbk2=imread('compositeimagebookhaar2.jpg');
Haarbk4=imread('compositeimagebookhaar4.jpg');
Haarbk8=imread('compositeimagebookhaar8.jpg');
Haarbk16=imread('compositeimagebookhaar16.jpg');
Sym2bk2=imread('compositeimagebooksym2.jpg');
Sym2bk4=imread('compositeimagebooksym4.jpg');
Sym2bk8=imread('compositeimagebooksym8.jpg');
Sym2bk16=imread('compositeimagebooksym16.jpg');
Bestimage=imread('GrayBestimage.jpg');
Rachelbook=imread('GrayRachelbook.jpg');

% Getting the image size, where M = number of rows (Y dimension) and N = number of columns (X dimesion) 

[M N P]=size(Bestimage)

%%%Clip all to 560 x 752 for comparison against 16 by 16 block processing
%%%picture which was previously clipped

Groundtruth=Bestimage(1:M-8,1:N,1);
cliprachelbook=Rachelbook(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym8book2=Sym8bk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym8book4=Sym8bk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym8book8=Sym8bk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipbiorbook2=Biorbk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipbiorbook4=Biorbk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipbiorbook8=Biorbk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipcoifbook2=Coifbk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipcoifbook4=Coifbk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipcoifbook8=Coifbk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipdbbook2=Dbbk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipdbbook4=Dbbk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipdbbook8=Dbbk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);
cliphaarbook2=Haarbk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
cliphaarbook4=Haarbk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
cliphaarbook8=Haarbk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym2book2=Sym2bk2(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym2book4=Sym2bk4(1:M-8,1:N,1);
clipsym2book8=Sym2bk8(1:M-8,1:N,1);

%%Calculate Difference

bestimage=sum(abs(sum(Groundtruth)))
rachelbook=sum(abs(sum(cliprachelbook)))
sym8book2=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book2)))
sym8book4=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book4)))
sym8book8=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book8)))
sym8book16=sum(abs(sum(Sym8bk16)))
biorbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook2)))
biorbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook4)))
biorbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook8)))
biorbook16=sum(abs(sum(Biorbk16)))
coifbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook2)))
coifbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook4)))
coifbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook8)))
coifbook16=sum(abs(sum(Coifbk16)))
dbbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook2)))
dbbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook4)))
dbbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook8)))
dbbook16=sum(abs(sum(Dbbk16)))
haarbook2=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook2)))
haarbook4=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook4)))
haarbook8=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook8)))
haarbook16=sum(abs(sum(Haarbk16)))
sym2book2=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book2)))
sym2book4=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book4)))
sym2book8=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book8)))
sym2book16=sum(abs(sum(Sym2bk16)))

sort(bestimage,rachelbook,sym8book2,sym8book4)

end

[Karen Rafferty]

Sorry for the length of it. The MAIN part is:

bestimage=sum(abs(sum(Groundtruth)))

rachelbook=sum(abs(sum(cliprachelbook)))

sym8book2=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book2)))

sym8book4=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book4)))

sym8book8=sum(abs(sum(clipsym8book8)))

sym8book16=sum(abs(sum(Sym8bk16)))

biorbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook2)))

biorbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook4)))

biorbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipbiorbook8)))

biorbook16=sum(abs(sum(Biorbk16)))

coifbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook2)))

coifbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook4)))

coifbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipcoifbook8)))

coifbook16=sum(abs(sum(Coifbk16)))

dbbook2=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook2)))

dbbook4=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook4)))

dbbook8=sum(abs(sum(clipdbbook8)))

dbbook16=sum(abs(sum(Dbbk16)))

haarbook2=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook2)))

haarbook4=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook4)))

haarbook8=sum(abs(sum(cliphaarbook8)))

haarbook16=sum(abs(sum(Haarbk16)))

sym2book2=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book2)))

sym2book4=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book4)))

sym2book8=sum(abs(sum(clipsym2book8)))

sym2book16=sum(abs(sum(Sym2bk16)))