[R] Sort in descending order

[Uwe Ligges]

Kenneth Cabrera wrote:
> 
> Hi R users:
> I want to know how can I easily sort in descending order a
> whole data frame by one or several variables.
> Thank you very much for your help.

>From the help:
 order()
order returns a permutation which rearranges its first argument into
ascending order, breaking ties by further arguments. 

For descending order:
 rev(order(.....)) 

Hope this helps,
Uwe Ligges
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