Strange behavior of "sort" function

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Alain LESTRADE
Alain LESTRADE 2020-4-11
回答： Alain LESTRADE 2020-4-11
Hello,
The sort function is used as follows:
>> [out,idx] = sort([5 8 91 19])
out =
5 8 19 91
idx =
1 2 4 3
If we need to rearrange the vector later in the code with the previous order, it's possible with that set of figures to write:
>> out(idx)
ans =
5 8 91 19 % is equal to the original vector [5 8 91 19]
All is fine...
But, can you explain why it does'nt work in the same way for the following set :
>> [out,idx] = sort([5 8 4 19])
out =
4 5 8 19
idx =
3 1 2 4
>> out(idx)
ans =
8 4 5 19 % is different from the original vector [5 8 4 19]
I thank you in advance for your answer, I really need to implement that idea of using out(idx) in my code.

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Stephen23
Stephen23 2020-4-11
编辑：Stephen23 2020-4-11
Your first example is just a coincidence, but that is NOT the correct way to get the original vector order.
The correct way to get back the original vector order is like this:
>> out(idx) = out
out =
5 8 4 19
Note that the LHS can be any array of a suitable size, I just used out for convenience.

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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza 2020-4-11
编辑：Ameer Hamza 2020-4-11
sort() function does not provide any function to get back the original vector. The first example you gave was just a coincidence. The actual working of idx output of sort is like this
>> A = [5 8 91 19]
A =
5 8 91 19
>> [out,idx] = sort(A)
out =
5 8 19 91
idx =
1 2 4 3
>> A(idx) % <---- idx is used to get sorted vector from origina.
ans =
5 8 19 91
To get the original vector back, you need to call sort twice
A = [5 8 4 19 1];
[out,idx] = sort(A);
[~,idx2] = sort(idx);
out(idx2)
ans =
5 8 4 19 1
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Stephen23
Stephen23 2020-4-11
编辑：Stephen23 2020-4-11
"sort() function does not provide any function to get back the original vector."
Can you please clarify this statement? The two outputs contain enough information to recreate the original vector with one use of basic indexing, nothing else is required.
"To get the original vector back, you need to call sort twice"
No, you do NOT "need" to call sort twice. The two outputs of sort are enough, using basic indexing.
Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza 2020-4-11
Correct. I missed this point. I was pointing the mistake in OPs reasoning and overlooked this simple approach.

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Alain LESTRADE
Alain LESTRADE 2020-4-11
First of all, I would like to thank everybody for your prompt answers.
Both proposals are right for me, Stephen's one is shorter and then more elegant.
See you later on Matlab guys!

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