Okay I feel spoilt all over again. :) John Kane Kingston ON Canada
> -----Original Message----- > From: h.wick...@gmail.com > Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:24:00 -0500 > To: jrkrid...@inbox.com > Subject: Re: [R] Syntax for order() > > If you want to continue to be spoiled, try: > > library(dplyr) > arrange(dat1, val) > > Hadley > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:20 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: >> Thank. >> >> Once I got Sarah's email I realised I should have been usling with(). >> Hadley's ggplot syntax has spoiled/confused me. >> >> John Kane >> Kingston ON Canada >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: seeliger.c...@epa.gov >>> Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:02:22 +0000 >>> To: r-help@r-project.org, jrkrid...@inbox.com >>> Subject: RE: [R] Syntax for order() >>> >>>>> dat1[order(val), ] # Gives Error in order(val) : object 'val' not >>>>> found >>>>> >>>>> dat1[order(dat1[,2]), ] # Works just fine. >>>> >>>> dat1[order(dat1$val), ] >>>> >>>> unless you used attach(dat1). >>> >>> Better to avoid 'attach' altogether and go with the first suggestion. >>> That can get rather unwieldy when ordering on many columns, in which >>> case >>> with() is handy: >>> >>> dat1[with(dat1, order(val)),] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Curt Seeliger, Data Ranger >>> Raytheon Information Services, Contractor to ORD >>> seeliger.c...@epa.gov >>> 541-754-4638 >>> >>> >>> >>> Sarah >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:36 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: >>>> Has there been a change in the syntax for order() or am I just making >>>> some stupid mistake here? >>>> >>>> dat1 <-read.table(text=" >>>> name val >>>> Alex 4 >>>> Jim 10 >>>> Fred 8 >>>> Julie 44 >>>> ",sep="",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) >>>> >>>> John Kane >>>> Kingston ON Canada >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sarah Goslee >>> http://www.functionaldiversity.org >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > > -- > http://had.co.nz/ ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! ______________________________________________ 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.
