MATLAB: How to sort a table by two columns

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Hello,
I want to sort a table by two column. The table hast three columns in total, one of them is a string. It looks kindof like this:
T= [1 4 'a';
    3 2 'b';
    1 3 'c';
    1 1 'd';
    2 5 'e';
    3 3 'f';
    2 2 'g']
and I want it to look like this:
    T_new= [ 1 1 'd';
             1 3 'c';
             1 4 'a';
             2 2 'g';
             2 5 'e':
             3 2 'b';
             3 3 'f']
I tried using the Function:
        T=sortrows(T,[1 2]);
but it only sorts the first column but not the second: 
       T_false= [ 1 4 'a';
                  1 3 'c';
                  1 1 'd';
                  2 5 'e';
                  2 2 'g';
                  3 2 'b';
                  3 3 'f']
I think it's pry because of the third column being a string because I have been using this function befor with only numeric matrices and it worked fine.
I would be thankful for any tipps.
Thank you, Anja

Best Answer

I follow your solution, it sorts two columns for me.
See :
a = [1 3 1 1 2 3 2];
b = [4 2 3 1 5 3 2];
c = ['a' 'b' 'c' 'd' 'e' 'f' 'g'];
t=table(a',b',c');
t = sortrows(t,[1,2])
Result :
T =
  7×3 table
    Var1    Var2    Var3
    ____    ____    ____
     1       1       d  
     1       3       c  
     1       4       a  
     2       2       g  
     2       5       e  
     3       2       b  
     3       3       f
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