custom_sort: Nested sorting

In diyar: Record Linkage and Epidemiological Case Definitions in 'R'

Nested sorting

Description

Returns a sort order after sorting by a vector within another vector.

Usage

custom_sort(..., decreasing = FALSE, unique = FALSE)

Arguments

...	Sequence of atomic vectors. Passed to order.
decreasing	Sort order. Passed to order.
unique	If FALSE (default), ties get the same rank. If TRUE, ties are broken.

Value

numeric sort order.

Examples

a <- c(1, 1, 1, 2, 2)
b <- c(2, 3, 2, 1, 1)

custom_sort(a, b)
custom_sort(b, a)
custom_sort(b, a, unique = TRUE)

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