Sort cell numbers ?

I have a cell array that needs to be sorted both ascending and descending.

It is:

Groups = {[-83;-84] [-65] [-47;-50] [-30;-33] [-22;-26] [-15;-16] [-6; -7]}

Groups = 1×7 cell array
    {2×1 double}    {[-65]}    {2×1 double}    {2×1 double}    {2×1 double}    {2×1 double}    {2×1 double}

Answer 1

[Voss]

"What I mean is how can I organize G in this way?"

G = {[-6; -7] [-16;-15] [-26;-22] [-33;-30] [-50;-47] [-65] [-83;-84]};

Maybe like this:

G = {[-83;-84] [-65] [-50;-47] [-33;-30] [-26;-22] [-16;-15] [-6; -7]};
[~,idx] = sort(cellfun(@(x)max(abs(x)),G));
G = G(idx);

format compact
celldisp(G);

G{1} =
    -6
    -7
G{2} =
   -16
   -15
G{3} =
   -26
   -22
G{4} =
   -33
   -30
G{5} =
   -50
   -47
G{6} =
   -65
G{7} =
   -83
   -84

[Heirleking]

this works too! Thanks!

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

What are you sorting on? The average value of each array? If so, try this:

% Make an unsorted G
G = {[-6; -7] [-65] [-15;-16] [-30;-33] [-22;-26] [-47;-50] [-83;-84]}
% Find means
for k = 1 : numel(G)
    theMeans(k) = mean(G{k}, 'all');
end
% Sort based on means:
[sortedMeans, sortorder] = sort(theMeans, 'descend')
% Now sort G
GSorted = G(sortorder)
celldisp(GSorted)

[Heirleking]

this works too, thanks!

[Image Analyst]

OK, but you have said it works for multiple answers even though they sort it differently. I sorted by the average value and @_ sorted it by the max value. So which way is it? (In this particular case they're the same though.)

Answer 3

[Ive J]

If by sort, you mean sort within each element of cell array:

G = {[-83;-84] [-65] [-50;-47] [-33;-30] [-26;-22] [-16;-15] [-6; -7]};
Ga = cellfun(@(x)sort(x, 'ascend'), G, 'uni', false);
Gd = cellfun(@(x)sort(x, 'descend'), G, 'uni', false);

Or if you mean overall, vertcat the cell array and then sort.

[Heirleking]

Hello, 

I tried your answer and both Ga and Gd end up being the same.

What I mean is how can I organize G in this way?

G = {[-6; -7] [-15;-16] [-22;-26] [-30;-33] [-47;-50] [-65] [-83;-84]};