Thanks.. but not working... > sortedx1=ttx1[order(-ttx1$obs),] Error in ttx1$obs : $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:47 PM, P Ehlers <ehl...@ucalgary.ca> wrote: > Try > > sortedx1=ttx1[order(-ttx1$obs),] > > (and ask yourself where obs lives) > > -Peter Ehlers > > Hyo Lee wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> I need your help. >> I'm trying to sort the data by the variable "obs". >> This is how I tried to sort the data below. >> >> The problem is, I have a variable name "obs"; this is.. a counter >> variable. >> something like _n_ in SAS. >> I do not know why it is not working. >> I even tried a similar example in UCLA webpage: >> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/R/faq/sort.htm :it also does not seem to >> work. >> "*sort1.hsb2 <- hsb2[order(read) , ]"* >> Do you have any idea how to deal with this problem?? Thank you so much. >> -Hyo >> >> >> >>> colnames(ttx1) >>> >>> >> [1] "longitude 1" "longitude 2" "longitude 3" "longitude 4" >> "longitude >> 5" >> [6] "longitude 6" "longitude 7" "longitude 8" "longitude 9" >> "longitude >> 10" >> [11] "longitude 11" "longitude 12" "longitude 13" "longitude 14" >> "longitude >> 15" >> [16] "longitude 16" "longitude 17" "longitude 18" "longitude 19" >> "longitude >> 20" >> [21] "longitude 21" "longitude 22" "longitude 23" "longitude 24" >> "longitude >> 25" >> [26] "longitude 26" "longitude 27" "longitude 28" "longitude 29" >> "longitude >> 30" >> [31] "longitude 31" "longitude 32" "longitude 33" "longitude 34" >> "longitude >> 35" >> [36] "longitude 36" "longitude 37" "longitude 38" "longitude 39" >> "longitude >> 40" >> [41] "longitude 41" "longitude 42" "longitude 43" "longitude 44" >> "longitude >> 45" >> [46] "longitude 46" "longitude 47" "longitude 48" "longitude 49" >> "longitude >> 50" >> [51] "longitude 51" "longitude 52" "longitude 53" "longitude 54" >> "longitude >> 55" >> [56] "longitude 56" "longitude 57" "longitude 58" "longitude 59" >> "longitude >> 60" >> [61] "longitude 61" "longitude 62" "longitude 63" "longitude 64" >> "longitude >> 65" >> [66] "longitude 66" "longitude 67" "longitude 68" "longitude 69" >> "longitude >> 70" >> [71] "longitude 71" "longitude 72" "obs" >> >> >>> sortedx1=ttx1[order(-obs),] >>> >>> >> Error in order(-obs) : object 'obs' not found >> >> [[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<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.