[SciPy-user] Sort 3-D arrays by two columns

[Bill Baxter]

Does lexsort  do what you need?

Also, have you seen the numpy examples list?  It's a good place to
look for this sort of thing:
http://www.scipy.org/Numpy_Example_List
http://www.scipy.org/Numpy_Example_List_With_Doc

--bb

On 3/14/07, Thomas Nauss <nauss at lcrs.de> wrote:
> Dear Experts,
> I want plot some satellite datasets using matplotlib with basemap. For
> that task, I need a 3-D array (or three 1-D arrays) containing latitude,
> longitude, and corresponding data values. Since basemap needs latitude
> and longitude values in increasing order, I'm looking for a function to
> sort the 3-D array by the two lat/lon columns (i.e. first by latitude,
> then by longitude but conserving the value combinations).
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
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