arrange: Arrange rows of a data frame

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Arrange rows of a data frame

Description

Re-arranges rows of a data frame by the variable of your choice, ascending or descending.

Details

First argument: a data frame.

Next arguments: the variable that you want to arrange by. If you specify a second variable, it will be used for breaking ties in the first variable.

data %>% arrange(...)

arrange(data, ...)

See Also

Other dplyr verbs: filter(), group_by(), summarize(), mutate(), select()

Examples

# Arrange by x, ascending:

tibble(
  x = c(6, 7, 3),
  y = c(5, 9, 0),
  z = c(8, 2, 1)
) %>%
  arrange(x)

# A tibble: 3 x 3
#>     x     y     z
   <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>     3     0     1
#>     6     5     8
#>     7     9     2

-----------------------------------

# Arrange by x, descending:

tibble(
  x = c(6, 7, 3),
  y = c(5, 9, 0),
  z = c(8, 2, 1)
) %>%
  arrange(desc(x))

#> # A tibble: 3 x 3
#>     x     y     z
   <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#>     7     9     2
#>     6     5     8
#>     3     0     1

-----------------------------------

library(gapminder)

gapminder %>%
  arrange(desc(gdpPercap))

#> # A tibble: 1,704 x 6
#>   country   continent  year lifeExp     pop gdpPercap
     <fct>     <fct>     <int>   <dbl>   <int>     <dbl>
#> 1 Kuwait    Asia       1957    58.0  212846   113523.
#> 2 Kuwait    Asia       1972    67.7  841934   109348.
#> 3 Kuwait    Asia       1952    55.6  160000   108382.

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