Sort fields of struct by length and alphabetically
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I've been trying to sort the fields of a struct by combination of length and name. Length should take precedence, but if the length of two or more fields is equal (for example if they are scalar), those should be sorted alphabetically (within that group), where names starting with capital letter should take precedence. I'm coming up with nothing that works. Anybody?
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Stephen23
on 20 May 2021
Edited: Stephen23
on 20 May 2021
S.aa = rand(3,1);
S.bb = 1;
S.cc = rand(8,2);
S.dd = 1;
S.Ee = 1;
S.Ff = rand(3,1)
Method one: sort and indexing:
N = structfun(@numel,S);
F = fieldnames(S);
[~,X] = sort(F);
[~,Y] = sort(N(X),'descend');
Z = orderfields(S,F(X(Y)))
Method two: table and sortrows:
[~,X] = sortrows(table(N,F),[-1,2]);
Z = orderfields(S,F(X))
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