Ok I have : R) str(R.Version()) List of 13 $ platform : chr "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" $ arch : chr "x86_64" $ os : chr "linux-gnu" $ system : chr "x86_64, linux-gnu" $ status : chr "" $ major : chr "2" $ minor : chr "12.2" $ year : chr "2011" $ month : chr "02" $ day : chr "25" $ svn rev : chr "54585" $ language : chr "R" $ version.string: chr "R version 2.12.2 (2011-02-25)"
R) sort(c("X.","X0B")) [1] "X." "X0B" R) sort(c("X.Z","X0B.Z")) [1] "X0B.Z" "X.Z" I am using a linux redHat $ uname -a Linux 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Mar 18 12:42:39 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Sorting-strings-tp4403696p4404298.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.