[R] Sorting a data frame by one of the variables

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try

RSiteSearch("sort data.frame")
?order
RSiteSearch("sort.data.frame")


On 10/16/05, Leaf Sun <leaflovesun at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a date frame like this:
>
> X   Y   Z
> 22      24      4.3
> 2.3     3.4     5.3
> .....
> ....
> 57.2    23.4    34
>
> What my purpose is: to sort the data frame by either X, Y or Z.
> sample output is (sorted by X) :
>
> X   Y   Z
> 2.3  3.4  5.3
> .....
> ......
> 22 24  4.3
> ...
> 57.2  23.4  34
>
> I have no idea how to use sort, order or rank functions. Please help me out.
> Thanks!
>
> Leaf
>
>
>
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