pali_sort: Sorting function for vectors of Pali words.
In dangerzig/tipitaka: Data and Tools for Analyzing the Pali Canon

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Note that all Pali string comparisons are case-insensitive. This algorithm is based on Quicksort, but creates lots of intermediate data structures instead of doing swaps in place. This has been implemented in C++ as the original R version was about 500x slower.

1	pali_sort(word_list)

word_list

A vector of Pali words

A new vector of Pali words in Pali alphabetical order

# Every unique word of of the Mahāsatipatthāna Sutta in
# Pali alphabetical order:
pali_sort(sati_sutta_long$word)

# A sorted list of 100 random words from the Tiptaka:
library(dplyr)
pali_sort(sample(tipitaka_long$word, 100))