Hi, ... so something like this? [in foo.R]
old.coll <- Sys.getlocale("LC_COLLATE") Sys.setlocale("LC_COLLATE", locale="C") <do_your_sorting_here> Sys.setlocale("LC_COLLATE", locale=old.coll) Cheers, Marius ______________________________________________ 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.