Dear Ashley, Try this: x[,1] <- sort(x[,1]) x
See ?sort for more details. HTH, Jorge On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM, ashley2000 <ashley.askew2...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Dear all, > > x <- > > matrix(c(1239,10,10,10,10,1234,10,10,10,10,1500,11,11,11,11,1001,11,11,11,11, > > > 1009,11,11,11,11,1344,12,12,12,12,1349,12,12,12,12,1458,13,13,13,13),8,5,byrow > = T) > > > x > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] > [1,] 1239 10 10 10 10 > [2,] 1234 10 10 10 10 > [3,] 1500 11 11 11 11 > [4,] 1001 11 11 11 11 > [5,] 1009 11 11 11 11 > [6,] 1344 12 12 12 12 > [7,] 1349 12 12 12 12 > [8,] 1458 13 13 13 13 > > I tried to sort by 1st column, but stayed the other columns as they were. I > mean > > > > [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] > [2,] 1234 10 10 10 10 > [1,] 1239 10 10 10 10 > -------------------------------------- > [4,] 1001 11 11 11 11 > [5,] 1009 11 11 11 11 > [3,] 1500 11 11 11 11 > -------------------------------------- > [6,] 1344 12 12 12 12 > [7,] 1349 12 12 12 12 > -------------------------------------- > [8,] 1458 13 13 13 13 > > > > any suggestions? > > thanks > > ashley > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/partially-sorting--tp24711191p24711191.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
