Show us the output of str(tmp_df) Your problem could be caused by the Democratic column being a character or factor column instead of a numeric column: "71" > "227" but 71 < 227. Bill Dunlap TIBCO Software wdunlap tibco.com
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Jim Burke <javajimbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > tmp_df[order(tmp_df$Democratic),] > Precinct Last.Name Democratic Republican.Total Registered.Voters > 2 2904 Open Seat 1 0 15 > NA 2903 Open Seat 227 245 2035 > 3 2905 Open Seat 71 202 497 > > > tmp_df[order(tmp_df[3]),] > Precinct Last.Name Democratic Republican.Total Registered.Voters > 2 2904 Open Seat 1 0 15 > NA 2903 Open Seat 227 245 2035 > 3 2905 Open Seat 71 202 497 > >> tmp_df$Democratic[order(tmp_df$Democratic)] > [1] "1" "227" "71" > > What am I doing wrong? I would like the order below. I suspect the problem > lies with that NA to the left that R inserted somewhere along the line. So > how to reorder dataframe rows? Or get rid of that NA? > 2 2904 Open Seat 1 0 15 > 3 2905 Open Seat 71 202 497 > NA 2903 Open Seat 227 245 2035 > > Thanks, > Jim Burke > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
