Further Examples: Ordering

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This is the permutation that will put dd into sorted order.

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Here is how to verify this.

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You may only want to find the position of the maximum element.

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Here is another way.

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This gives the positions of the two largest elements in dd.

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Here are the two largest elements.

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This gives the ordering from largest to smallest.

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This sorts the elements from largest to smallest.

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Lists that are permutations of the numbers 1, 2, 3, , n can be composed using Part or [[]]. Here, for example, xx: 3 5 and yy: 5 1, so yyxx: 3 1.

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Ordering gives the inverse of a permutation.

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See also the Further Examples for Sort.