Re: [R] sort()ing strings

> On 13 Oct 2016, at 13:00 , Martin Maechler wrote: > > which I do find strange, indeed, given your sessionInfo which > contains > LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 > One of the _really_ strange things about localization is that there is no standardization. Names don't necessarily mean the same th

Re: [R] sort()ing strings

Thanks - strangely capabilities("ICU") is FALSE (I'm using ubuntu 16.04, and icu-devtools is installed). So I guess I'll conclude that there's something odd, but I don't want to delve into these issues (a new locale & new computer for me in a couple of months). Bob On 13 October 2016 at 13:00, Ma

Re: [R] sort()ing strings

> Bob O'Hara > on Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:55:04 +0200 writes: > Yes, thanks. That seems to be it: > thing <- c("M1", "M2", "M.1", "M.2") >> sort(thing) > [1] "M1" "M.1" "M2" "M.2" which I do find strange, indeed, given your sessionInfo which contains LC_COLLATE=e