Re: Two tables with same data but different sorting

[John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>]

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Glad it was helpful. You might also try (seventh row1) or (nth 6 row1). I
think it is the same thing, but more obvious to read!

John

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On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 10:37 AM Axel Kielhorn <org-mode@axelkielhorn.de>
wrote:

>
>
> > Am 01.10.2020 um 14:21 schrieb John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>:
> >
> > You could do something like this:
> >
> >
> > * Table 1
> >
> > #+name: table1
> > | Manufacturer    | Name        | Price |
> > |-----------------+-------------+-------|
> > | ACME            | super cheep | 25 $  |
> > | Roadrunner Inc. | Kaboom      | 27 $  |
> > | ACME            | cheep       | 30 $  |
> >
> > #+RESULTS: resorted
> > | Manufacturer    | Name        | Price |
> > |-----------------+-------------+-------|
> > | ACME            | super cheep | 25 $  |
> > | ACME            | cheep       | 30 $  |
> > | Roadrunner Inc. | Kaboom      | 27 $  |
> >
> > ** Code for resorting
> >
> > #+name: resorted
> > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :var data=table1 :colnames t
> > (sort data (lambda (row1 row2) (string< (first row1) (first row2))))
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > John
> >
>
> Thanks John, this is really powerful.
>
> I changed =first row1= to =elt row1 6= since my real table is more complex.
>
> (Again I learned a little bit more about elisp.)
>
> Greetings
> Axel
>
>
>

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