Sorting entire matrix according to one column in matlab

Question

I have the matrix as follows

a =

 1     3
 2     5
 3     2
 4     8
 5     9

I want to sort the second column in the a matrix. I want the corresponding rows of column one to be printed as follows :

a =

 3     2
 1     3
 2     5
 4     8
 5     9

I tried sort(a), but it is sorting only the second column of matrix a.

Answer 1

Try this:

sortrows(a,2)

This should sort according to the second column.