Answer by Michael E2 for Difference between Sort and SortBy
No one has mentioned the difference in performance:SeedRandom[0];data = RandomInteger[{-10000, 10000}, 10^5];sdata = Sort[data, Abs[#1] < Abs[#2] &]; // AccurateTimingsbdata = SortBy[data, Abs];...
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I commented on this a bit here: What are the most common pitfalls awaiting new users?Since SortBy was introduced in Mathematica 6 it is preferred where applicable over Sort with a custom comparator....
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In general SortBy can do pretty much anything that Sort does; in some cases, possibly better or faster. You can find many comparisons on this site if you just search for both function names.I also...
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SortBy is usually a more concise form of Sort, yes, but at times, you may have data that cannot be expressed, or cannot be expressed elegantly, using SortBy. For example, let's suppose that we want to...
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I was playing with Sort. All examples I have come across so far, i.e Sort[{1, -1, 3, -3, 2, 5}, Abs[#1]<Abs[#2]&] can expressed in a shorter fashion using SortBy SortBy[{1, -1, 3, -3, 2, 5},...
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