On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Makram Talih wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the rule R uses for lexicographical sort. For example,
It depends on the locale.
> sort("b","a") returns [1] "a" "b"
I get an error for that: it is incorrect usage. I think you meant
sort(c("b","a"))
etc, for which the results are consistent in 1.4.1 in my locale.
Are you using a current version of R (not that the usage has ever been
right AFAIK)?
> sort("b", " ") returns [1] " " "b"
>
> which seems to imply a space character has priority. But
>
> sort("jam on", "jambon") returns [1] "jambon"
"jam on"
>
> Why does the rule change? Any hints/suggestions?
Read the help page?
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