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Title: Sort a list of lists
Hi everyone,

I have a variable number of objects in a page – for example 4 rectangles- and I need to know which one is the left-top most, (I’m scripting InDesign CS2) so I get the geometric bounds of all this objects and I get a list of lists
My typical list looks like {{5.0, 120.0, 40.0, 169.0}, {10.0, 10.0, 50.0, 59.0}, {70.0, 20.0, 110.0, 69.0}, {70.0, 80.0, 110.0, 128.0}}
So basically I need to compare the first 2 items (y, x) of every list in that main list, in this example the order (Left/Right, clock wise) is
1.- second list, 2.- first list, 3.- third list, 4.- fourth list

I think, at the first moment that it’s pretty simple, but for my disgrace I found that after many hours of try to write an algorithm to to this, I have nothing, :-((

Anyone have something in this way or can someone point me in the right direction?
Your help will be appreciated.

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Carlos Ysunza
Director
SoftRobot Automated Workflows
http://www.softrobot.com.mx
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