df.sort: Data Frame Sorting
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df.sort

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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)

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.

Value

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

Author(s)

Takuya Yanagida takuya.yanagida@univie.ac.at

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.

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)

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