misty (version 0.7.1)

df.sort: Data Frame Sorting

Description

This function arranges a data frame in increasing or decreasing order according to one or more variables.

Usage

df.sort(data, ..., decreasing = FALSE, check = TRUE)

Value

Returns data frame data sorted according to the variables specified in ..., a matrix will be coerced to a data frame.

Arguments

data

a data frame.

...

a sorting variable or a sequence of sorting variables which are specified without quotes '' or double quotes "".

decreasing

logical: if TRUE, the sort is decreasing.

check

logical: if TRUE (default), argument specification is checked.

Author

Takuya Yanagida

References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

Knuth, D. E. (1998) The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley.

See Also

df.duplicated, df.merge, df.move, df.rbind, df.rename, df.subset

Examples

# Example 1: Sort data frame 'mtcars' by 'mpg' in increasing order
df.sort(mtcars, mpg)

# Example 2: Sort data frame 'mtcars' by 'mpg' in decreasing order
df.sort(mtcars, mpg, decreasing = TRUE)

# Example 3: Sort data frame 'mtcars' by 'mpg' and 'cyl' in increasing order
df.sort(mtcars, mpg, cyl)

# Example 4: Sort data frame 'mtcars' by 'mpg' and 'cyl' in decreasing order
df.sort(mtcars, mpg, cyl, decreasing = TRUE)