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?
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