# Dividing branches based on pattern or same values in branch

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185>\
**Category:** Grasshopper\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185 "2024-01-25T22:45:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bo\_Ris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/bo_ris/32/540108_2.png) [@Bo\_Ris](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Bo_Ris)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185/1 "2024-01-25T22:45:24Z")

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hello all.  
I am trying to sort elements based on y coordinate from a list that was previously sorted by x. In the picture below is just the basic sketch if something like this is even possible: I want to seek for same values in each branch alone and then divide this branch into new branches containing same values.  
I hope you get my question 🙃

 ![divide branches](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/9/c/c/9ccbb4dd9814d6362f57f5e4b04a235123f6a567.png)

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**Author:** ![kev.r](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/kev.r/32/766021_2.png) [@kev.r](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/kev.r)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185/2 "2024-01-25T23:42:49Z")

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Something like this:

 ![unsorted](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/1/1/f/11fbe364e8307e78e3f59053c0fd19468d1c53a2.jpeg)

Same thing but sorted:

 ![sorted](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/a/8/c/a8c2c87b9dc6facc1c26f6fa82a312d32acb5118.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![inno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/inno/32/544036_2.png) [@inno](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/inno)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185/3 "2024-01-26T00:04:31Z")

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oh wow, ok, the Unflatten here is just awesome 👏 👏

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**Author:** ![Bo\_Ris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/bo_ris/32/540108_2.png) [@Bo\_Ris](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Bo_Ris)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/dividing-branches-based-on-pattern-or-same-values-in-branch/174185/4 "2024-01-26T09:10:24Z")

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Thank you for this. I realized that I started solving my problem in a totally wrong way but this gave me some ideas.  
List item was a perfect solution, I was trying to replace paths 🤦 I was trying to sort boxes based on center and couldn’t reference corect box according to the last list. Puting Sort before Create set did the trick.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/5/f/d/5fddaa02fd9f687bf9decb7cf737806708972464.png)