> now if only i could get tips to sort a 5 column * 1 million rows dataset in > less than ..eternity....
May I suggest mySQL, postgreSQL, etc.? If what you need to do is a basic sort, a database is going to be faster than R. -- Insert something humorous here. :-) ______________________________________________ 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.