[R] Sorting problem

Ben Bolker bolker at ufl.edu
Sun Mar 29 23:21:41 CEST 2009




Duncan Murdoch-2 wrote:
> 
> On 29/03/2009 2:14 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>> wrote:
>>> On 28/03/2009 4:57 PM, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 1) Where does the name 'xtfrm' come from?
>>> I don't know.
>> 
>> Hmm.  If the origins of the name are lost in the mists of history,
> 
> I'm flattered, but I feel obliged to point out that just because I don't 
> know something doesn't mean the information does not exist.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 

>From the SVN log:

==========
r46470 | ripley | 2008-08-31 12:53:42 -0400 (Sun, 31 Aug 2008) | 3 lines

add xtfrm, use it in order() etc
make is.unsorted work on classed objects
==========

 Adding

xtfrm.numeric <- function(x) {x}

would seem to add the case that people are looking for -- unless
there's something special that needs to be handled with NAs ???

  Ben Bolker





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