[R] misleading output after ordering data frame
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca
Mon Nov 8 18:52:54 CET 2004
You wrote:
> Is there a way to update the row numbers as well? It's not that
> important, but I find it a bit confusing.
They're not actually row numbers, they're row ***names***.
These default to row numbers.
If they were real-live names you'd want them to be carried
along in the sort.
To re-set them to be what you want:
rownames(d) <- 1:nrow(d)
cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca
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