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sort_mat: Sort Matrix by Column

Description

Sorts a given matrix by a specific column while retain the elements in each row.

Usage

sort_mat(x, col)

Arguments

x
A matrix to sort
col
A int that indicates the column the matrix should sort by.

Value

The matrix sorted by values in the specified column.

Details

The functional difference between armadillo's sort() and sort_mat() is straight forward. sort() will sort each column without respect to the rows. Using sort_matrix will sort only 1 column and retain the other elements to be in the same row.