[R] Sorting

Ko-Kang Kevin Wang kwan022 at stat.auckland.ac.nz
Fri Sep 12 01:05:08 CEST 2003


Hi,

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 MZodet at ahrq.gov wrote:

> What is the best way to sort a dataframe?
> 
> For example, how would I go about sorting a dataframe (with variables V1-V5)
> by ascending V1, V2 and descending V3 while retaining V4 and V5.

?sort

> Also, is there a relatively easy way by which to re-order my columns?

?order or ?sort

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Cheers,

Kevin

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