list.sort: Sort a list by given expressions

In rlist: A Toolbox for Non-Tabular Data Manipulation

Description

Sort a list by given expressions

Usage

list.sort(.data, ..., na.last = NA)

Arguments

.data	a list or vector
...	A group of lambda expressions. For each expression, the data is sorted ascending by default unless the expression is enclosed by ().
na.last	The way to deal with NAs.

See Also

list.order

Examples

x <- list(p1 = list(type='A',score=list(c1=10,c2=8)),
       p2 = list(type='B',score=list(c1=9,c2=9)),
       p3 = list(type='B',score=list(c1=9,c2=7)))
list.sort(x, type, (score$c2)) # sort by score$c2 in descending order
list.sort(x, min(score$c1,score$c2))

Example output

$p1
$p1$type
[1] "A"

$p1$score
$p1$score$c1
[1] 10

$p1$score$c2
[1] 8



$p2
$p2$type
[1] "B"

$p2$score
$p2$score$c1
[1] 9

$p2$score$c2
[1] 9



$p3
$p3$type
[1] "B"

$p3$score
$p3$score$c1
[1] 9

$p3$score$c2
[1] 7



$p3
$p3$type
[1] "B"

$p3$score
$p3$score$c1
[1] 9

$p3$score$c2
[1] 7



$p1
$p1$type
[1] "A"

$p1$score
$p1$score$c1
[1] 10

$p1$score$c2
[1] 8



$p2
$p2$type
[1] "B"

$p2$score
$p2$score$c1
[1] 9

$p2$score$c2
[1] 9

rlist documentation built on Sept. 5, 2021, 5:30 p.m.