sym_sort: Symmetrical sort

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Symmetrical sort

Description

Sort a vector symmetrically, i.e., the two most extreme values are put at opposite ends and repeated until the median value(s) is(are) put in the middle of the sorted vector.

Usage

sym_sort(x, rev = FALSE, index.return = FALSE)

Arguments

x	a numeric, complex, character, or logical vector
rev	logical; if TRUE, vectors are sorted in reverse
index.return	logical; if TRUE, the ordering index vector is returned

See Also

kinda_sort

Examples

sym_sort(letters)
sym_sort(letters, rev = TRUE)

x <- runif(50)
plot(sym_sort(x))
plot(x[sym_sort(x, index.return = TRUE)])

plot(sym_sort(x, rev = TRUE))
plot(-sym_sort(-x, rev = TRUE))

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