Yes, you can: m <- matrix( sample(1:5, 20, rep=TRUE), nc=2) m[ order(m[,1],m[,2]), ]
Gabor On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Bill Hyman <billhym...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have a matrix data and would like to sort it by col 1 first and then sort > it by col 2. Can I do it in R? Thanks a lot! > > Bill > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Gabor Csardi <gabor.csa...@unil.ch> UNIL DGM ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.