Sort the rows of a data frame.

Description

Sort the rows of a data frame lexicographically. This allows to compare two data sets as sets of cases disregarding their order.

Usage

dsSort(dat)

Arguments

Details

The function calls order() with the columns of dat as the sorting criteria.

Value

Data frame, whose rows are reordered by the sorting.

Author(s)

Petr Savicky

See Also

readMLData.

Examples

  pathData <- getPath("exampleData")
  pathDescription <- getPath("exampleDescription")
  dsList <- prepareDSList(pathData, pathDescription)
  dat <- dsRead(dsList, "glass")
  sorted <- dsSort(dat)