sort.list:
Vector of Indices That Sort Data
Description
The sort.list
function from the base
package is made generic in
the splusTimeDate
package with methods for S4 classes:
"numericSequence"
, "positionsCalendar"
, and "timeSpan"
.
Usage
sort.list(x, partial = NULL, na.last = TRUE, decreasing = FALSE, method)
Value
an integer vector containing the indices of the sorted data elements.
That is, the first integer is the subscript of the smallest data element
(if decreasing = FALSE
).
By default, the returned value has the same length as the input,
but it might be shorter if na.last=NA
.