[R] R: rearranging data frame rows

Vittorio vdemart1 at tin.it
Fri Jun 23 18:25:13 CEST 2006


Have a look at merge.
Ciao
Vittorio

>----Messaggio originale----
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>Data: 23-giu-2006 18.10
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>Ogg: [R] rearranging data frame rows
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>Hi 
All,
>
>I have two data frames. The first contains data about a number 
of individuals, 
>coded in the first column with a name, in an order I 
find convenient.
>
>The second contains different data about the same 
indivduals, in a different 
>order. Both data frame have the individual 
names in the first column.
>
>I need to reorder the second data frame 
so the rows are rearranged in the same 
>manner as the fist. How?
>
>I 
cannot turn the individual names in a numeric vairable with 
>as.numeric
(data1[,1]), because the two data frames are subset of different data, 
>so the the factor levels are way off between the two. I think I need 
to actually 
>use the names as a index.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Fede
>
>-- 
>Federico C. F. Calboli
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