Problem 94. Target sorting

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Sort the given list of numbers a according to how far away each element is from the target value t. The result should return the list sorted in descending order of the absolute value of the difference between a(n) and t.

So if a = [1 2 4 8 17] and t = 12, then the output b should be [1 2 4 17 8].

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Davide on 7 Feb 2014

quite easy

Lee on 10 Jul 2014

I bet

YUANYU YANG on 27 Mar 2015

a nice practice.

naixin mu on 20 May 2018

function b = targetSort(a,t)
[m,n]=sort(abs(a-t),'descend');
k=a(n);
for i=1:length(a)
if k(i)>=t
b(i)=m(i)+t;
else if k(i)

Akash Srivastav on 24 May 2018

I don't why this easy problem come at last.

Ajay Pattassery on 21 Feb 2019

Good one.

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ASHOK MALLAGUNTA on 9 Nov 2018

well.........simulator is not working.better to think about it

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tr4nshum4n on 5 May 2016

This is well above the average size. I must be missing something that would make this much simpler.

steph26 on 13 Jul 2016

consider using the 'sort' function !!

dymaxwell on 21 Aug 2018

I find [b,I]=sort(A) is really a useful method!

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Daniel Pereira on 15 Apr 2013

What?? Strange method to get lowest size.

G K on 15 Apr 2013

Should dynamic regular expressions be disabled ? This could be done on about thing !!

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Brian Moore on 30 Mar 2015

Brilliant use of complex numbers to force sort(x) to operate on abs(x)

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Lone Christoffersen on 25 Sep 2012

sortrowsc? Strange I can run this function in R2012b, but I cannot find it in help.

Óscar on 27 Sep 2012

It is a MEX file function called by sortrows. Check it out in the sortrows source code.

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Kirk on 23 Jul 2014

You do not need to use the real function

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