[R] Sort Problem
Liaw, Andy
andy_liaw at merck.com
Thu Apr 6 14:31:55 CEST 2006
From: Sean Davis
>
> On 4/6/06 8:04 AM, "Sumanta Basak" <sumanta24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have certain combinations for which I have some value, e.g.
> >
> >
> >
> > 0 1 20
> >
> > 0 2 15
> >
> > 1 1 40
> >
> > 1 2 52
> >
> >
> >
> > Now I need to sort this list for which I'll get the combination
> > against the lowest value. In this case, 15, and the
> combination will
> > be 0 2.
>
> See ?order. You can use the ordering that you get from
> order() to grab the appropriate entry in your matrix/data.frame.
>
> Sean
If Sumanta just wants the entry with the minimum, there's no need to sort
the whole thing. which.min() should work.
Andy
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