What Luis probably means can be reproduced by this little example:

a<-5:1
b<-t(t(a))
b
sort(b)

In R 2.2.1 (Windows XP), sort(b) is a matrix with 1 column, like b. In R 2.4.0 (and presumably already 2.3.1), sort(b) is no longer a matrix but a vector (and displayed as a row).

Regards, Ulrike

---------- Original Message -----------
From: Uwe Ligges <ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de> 
To: lfrank@cema.edu.ar 
Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch 
Sent: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:09:02 +0200 
Subject: Re: [Rd] sort function (PR#9309)

> lfrank@cema.edu.ar wrote: 
> > Full_Name: Luis Frank 
> > Version: 2.3.1 
> > OS: 
> > Submission from: (NULL) (168.96.156.79) 
> > 
> > 
> > Hallo! 
> > 
> > In version 2.3.1 tha sort function applied to a vector trasposes it. This does 
> > not happen in earlier versions. As a consequence, old programms don愒 work in 
> > newer versions. 
> > 
> > Thanks! 
> > Luis 
> 
> Please read the FAQ how to report bugs. 
> 
> 1. You are using an outdated version of R, please only report bugs of 
> recent R versions. 
> 2. You have not given your OS. 
> 3. You have not given an example that reproduces the bug, my try does 
> not transpose anything: 
> 㩜 <- 5:1 
> 㩜 
> 坟ort(x) 
> 
> So, please .... 
> 
> Uwe Ligges 
> 
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