Hi,
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 MZodet at ahrq.gov wrote:
> What is the best way to sort a dataframe?
>
> For example, how would I go about sorting a dataframe (with variables
V1-V5)
> by ascending V1, V2 and descending V3 while retaining V4 and V5.
?sort
> Also, is there a relatively easy way by which to re-order my columns?
?order or ?sort
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