Sorting dataframe in R can be done using Dplyr. Dplyr package in R is provided with arrange() function which sorts the dataframe by multiple conditions.
We will be using mtcars data to depict the example of sorting with arrange() function.
library(dplyr) mydata <- mtcars # sort the dataframe in R arrange(mydata,mpg)
The default sorting order of arrange() function is ascending.
Sorting dataframe in R using multiple variables with Dplyr:
In this example, we are sorting data by multiple variables. One in descending and one in ascending the example is shown below. We will be using pipe operator (%>%).
# sort the dataframe in R using multiple variable with Dplyr mydata %>% arrange(desc(mpg)) %>% arrange(gear)
pipe operator first sorts the mpg in descending order format and within that it sorts gear in ascending order format.
