I was wondering if there was anyway to sort a list of points using their y values but still being able to access its x values. In my project I want to sort the list L1 based on its y values but then see the x values that go with each sorted point. The image is what I tried to do. [image] Is it po…

Thanks for the context! I think this should do the trick: [image] Sort By y-Coordinate - V2 Sort By y-Coordinate - V2 To sort by “closest to 0,” I tweaked the original list by taking the absolute value of the y-coordinates.

Hello, can you share more about what you need to accomplish? There are some straight forward solutions if, for example, (1) every point has a different y-coordinate, or (2) you don’t need the full sorted list, just the x-coordinate of of the point with the greatest y-coordinate. Those are just exam…

Hello! Thank you so much for the reply. Your solution worked fairly well however the problem is that my list has negative numbers as well. Basically I have a line that is the function, f\left(x\right)=\ln\left(2\right)/\left(\ln\left(3\right)-\ln\left(2\right)\right)\cdot x Then what I did was roun…

Thank you so much! It worked wonderfully.

Sorting a list of points with y values

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ianmcmeek (Ian McMeeking) January 19, 2023, 2:29am 4

Thanks for the context! I think this should do the trick:

To sort by “closest to 0,” I tweaked the original list by taking the absolute value of the y-coordinates.

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Sorting a list of points with y values

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