Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread John Kane
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 spoil

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread Hadley Wickham
t; > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > > >> -Original Message- >> From: seeliger.c...@epa.gov >> Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:02:22 + >> To: r-help@r-project.org, jrkrid...@inbox.com >> Subject: RE: [R] Syntax for order() >> >>&

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread John Kane
@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),

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread Seeliger, Curt
>> 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 orde

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread Kevin E. Thorpe
On 03/25/2014 02:36 PM, John Kane 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) dat1[order(val), ] # Gives Error in order(val) :

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread John Kane
I "knew" it was almost certainly something really stupid. Thanks very much. John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -Original Message- > From: sarah.gos...@gmail.com > Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:40:50 -0400 > To: jrkrid...@inbox.com > Subject: Re: [R] Syntax for ord

Re: [R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread Sarah Goslee
dat1[order(dat1$val), ] unless you used attach(dat1). Sarah On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:36 PM, John Kane 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 > ",s

[R] Syntax for order()

2014-03-25 Thread John Kane
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) dat1[order(val), ] # Gives Error in order(val) : object 'val' not found dat1[order(dat1[,2