sort                  package:base                  R Documentation

_S_o_r_t _a _V_e_c_t_o_r

_U_s_a_g_e:

     sort(x, partial = NULL, na.last = NA)

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     If `partial' is non `NULL', it is taken to contain indexes of
     elements of `x' which are to be placed in their correct positions
     by partial sorting.  After the sort, the values specified in
     `partial' are in their correct position in the sorted array.  Any
     values smaller than these values are guaranteed to have a smaller
     index in the sorted array and any values which are greater are
     guaranteed to have a bigger index in the sorted array.

     If `na.last' is `NA', `sort' removes missing values. If `na.last'
     is `TRUE', missing values are put last, if `FALSE', missing values
     are put first.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     `order', `rank'.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(swiss)
     x <- swiss$Education[1:25]
     x; sort(x); sort(x, partial = c(10,15))
     median # shows you another example for `partial'

