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/ ______________________________________________ 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.
