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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} sortrows (@var{a}, @var{c})
## Sort the rows of the matrix @var{a} according to the order of the
## columns specified in @var{c}.  If @var{c} is omitted, a
## lexicographical sort is used. By default ascending order is used 
## however if elements of @var{c} are negative then the corresponding  
## column is sorted in descending order.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Daniel Calvelo, Paul Kienzle
## Adapted-by: jwe

function [s, i] = sortrows (m, c)

  default_mode = "ascend";
  other_mode = "descend";
  if (nargin < 2)
    indices = [1:size(m,2)]';
    mode{1:size(m,2)} = default_mode;
  else
    for ii = 1:length (c);
      if (c(ii) < 0)
        mode{ii} = other_mode;
      else
        mode{ii} = default_mode;
      endif
    endfor
    indices = abs(c(:));
  endif

  if (ischar (m))
    s = toascii (m);
  else
    s = m;
  endif

  ## Since sort is 'stable' the order of identical elements will be
  ## preserved, so by traversing the sort indices in reverse order we
  ## will make sure that identical elements in index i are subsorted by
  ## index j.
  indices = flipud (indices);
  mode = flipud (mode');
  i = [1:size(m,1)]';
  for ii = 1:length (indices);
    [trash, idx] = sort (s(:,indices(ii)), mode{ii});
    s = s(idx,:);
    i = i(idx);
  endfor

  if (ischar (m))
    s = char (s);
  endif

endfunction

%!shared x, idx
%! [x, idx] = sortrows ([1, 1; 1, 2; 3, 6; 2, 7], [1, -2]);
%!assert (x, [1, 2; 1, 1; 2, 7; 3, 6]);
%!assert (idx, [2; 1; 4; 3]);
