Resources needed: Sort 2D array "graphically"

I have a 2D array

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

and want to sort it like this

Snake

1 2 3

8 9 4

7 6 5

Snake (different)

1 2 3

6 5 4

7 8 9

Rotated

1 4 7

2 5 8

3 6 9

Wipe (diagonal)

1 3 6

2 5 8

4 7 9

Well, you got it, all kinds of sorting.

Searching the interweb for ho开发者_C百科urs now. Any resources (specific language or pseudo code) on that greatly appreciated...

Suggestion: Dump all values in a 1D-array and sort there. Then define the patterns for filling using multiple for loops.