Matrix sorting, smallest to biggest

So I need to sort a matrix from smallest to biggest going from left to right, with multiple rows. I was told in a previous thread about sort and reshape, which when I integrate into my loop work, but for this assignment I'm doing I can't use built in functions like that. I have to sort the function as part of a loop.

This loop sorts all my matrices but only from top to bottom.

It does stuff like this

1 4 7

2 5 8

3 6 9

I need it to do this

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

What do I need to add or change to make it go from left to right, like reading a book.

 m=numel(a); 
 for j=1:1:(m-1)
    for i=1:1:(m-1)
        if a(i)>a(i+1)
            temp=a(i);
            a(i)=a(i+1);
            a(i+1)=temp;
        end
    end
end

I can't just straight up use functions like this

 out = reshape(a,size(a,2),[])';

I wish I could but that's not allowed for this.

Here are the 3 matrices I'm working with.

 a=[3 -2 1;4 0 5;1 2.2 -3]
 a=[4 2 1;9 3 5]
 a=[9 8;7 6;5 4]

Anything is appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

reshape(sort(A(:)),fliplr(size(A)))'

Answer 2

[James Tursa]

After your loop, add this line:

a = a';

The reason you are getting the result column-ordered instead of row-ordered is because MATLAB matrix memory is stored in column-order and linear indexing (which you are doing in a loop) will access the elements in that order. So a simple transpose at the end will change the result to row-ordered.

[Vinny]

It works, but for the last 2 vectors I posted its turning the 2x3 vector into a 3x2 and the 3x2 vector into a 2x3. Why is it doing this to those 2, I can't get it to display in the proper format.

[James Tursa]

Use Azzi's answer with your result. E.g., put this line after your loops:

a = reshape(a,fliplr(size(a)))';