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2009/11/16 frenchcr <frenc...@btinternet.com>: > > > > In excel a handy tool is the sort data by column ...i.e. i can highlight the > whole dataset and sort it according to a particular column...like sort the > data in a column in acending or decending order where all the other columns > change aswell. > > I need to do this in R now but dont know how. > > ...heres an example... > > Say I have dataset... > > Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 > 1 3 Working 12 > 2 4 Off 1 > 3 5 Works 2 > 4 2 Works 13 > 5 4 Off 5 > > > ...and i want to sort the data by putting the values in the third column in > acending order, like this... > > Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 > > 1 4 Off 1 > 2 5 Works 2 > 3 4 Off 5 > 4 3 Working 12 > 5 2 Works 13 > > ...although im sorting column three in acending order all the rows shuffle > so that the parameters in each row stay aligned. > > > > How do i do this in R? > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/in-excel-i-can-sort-my-dataset%2C-what-do-i-use-in-R-tp26377540p26377540.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.