Hi, On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What is the best way to sort a dataframe? > > For example, how would I go about sorting a dataframe (with variables V1-V5) > by ascending V1, V2 and descending V3 while retaining V4 and V5. ?sort > Also, is there a relatively easy way by which to re-order my columns? ?order or ?sort -- Cheers, Kevin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871) ---- From Computer Stupidities: http://rinkworks.com/stupid/ -- Ko-Kang Kevin Wang Master of Science (MSc) Student SLC Tutor and Lab Demonstrator Department of Statistics University of Auckland New Zealand Homepage: http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~kwan022 Ph: 373-7599 x88475 (City) x88480 (Tamaki) ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help