The “sort” Function in R

• Package: Base R (no specific package required)

• Purpose: Sorts the elements of a vector or other indexed data structure in ascending or descending order.

• General Class: Data Transformation

• Required Argument(s):

• x: A vector or other indexable object.

• Notable Optional Arguments:

• decreasing: Logical. If TRUE, sorts in descending order; if FALSE (default), sorts in ascending order.

• Example:

• # Example data for using the sort function
  unsorted_vector <- c(5, 2, 8, 1, 3)
  
  # Use sort to sort the elements of a vector in ascending order
  sorted_vector <- sort(unsorted_vector)
  
  # Display the result
  print(sorted_vector)

• In this example, the sort function is used to sort the elements of a numeric vector (unsorted_vector) in ascending order. The resulting vector (sorted_vector) contains the elements sorted from smallest to largest. The sort function is commonly used for arranging elements in ascending or descending order.