Sorts the set by one of several ordering schema.
# S3 method for GenericDataFileSet
sortBy(this, by=c("lexicographic", "mixedsort", "mixeddecimal", "mixedroman",
"filesize"), decreasing=FALSE, caseSensitive=FALSE, ...)
Returns returns itself with the set ordered accordingly.
Henrik Bengtsson
The set is ordering by the fullnames.
If by="lexicographic"
, lexicographic ordering is used,
sometimes also referred to as alphabetic ordering.
If by="mixeddecimal"
, mixedsort ordering acknowledging
decimal numbers is used, cf. mixedsort
.
If by="mixedroman"
, mixedsort ordering acknowledging
roman numerals is used, cf. mixedsort
.
For more information see GenericDataFileSet
.