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TumbleWeed
TumbleWeed

Reputation: 33

How can I order a vector by the order of its attributes in R?

Say I have a vector and its name as follows:

       vct <- c(67, "apple", 88, "orange", 71)
names(vct) <- c("c1", "b2", "d66", "a65", "a11")

when I run:

sort(vct)

the vector is sorted based on elements; rather I want it to be sorted based on its names so that the vector is ordered "71", "orange", "apple", "67", "88".

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 298

Answers (1)

Ronak Shah
Ronak Shah

Reputation: 388982

You can sort or order the names :

vct[sort(names(vct))]
#vct[order(names(vct))]

#     a11      a65       b2       c1      d66 
#    "71" "orange"  "apple"     "67"     "88"

Upvotes: 2

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