MATLAB: Sort rows or cells (descending first column) where second column has repeated value

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I have a set of points (x, y) in a matrix and want to re-arrange them according to a criteria.
Original : x —– y (dots showing rows to arrange)
       162, 59
       161, 60
.      159, 61
.      160, 61
       158, 62
       157, 63
.      155, 64
.      156, 64
.      157, 64
.      153, 65
.      154, 65
       152, 66
I need to sort them by row (descending within column 1, x) where my column 2 (y) has a repeated value.
Arranged: x —– y
       162, 59
       161, 60
.      160, 61
.      159, 61
       158, 62
       157, 63
.      157, 64
.      156, 64
.      155, 64
.      154, 65
.      153, 65
       152, 66
Since column 2 always has the same value within the criteria, I should sort only the column 1 (always within the criteria, of course).
Preferably without using loops. I am looking for the correct MATLAB way of doing it.

Best Answer

Use sortrows
    B=flipud(sortrows(A,1))
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