Re: [R] how to order each element according to alphabet

dd=rbind(c(OP, SU),c(XA, YQ)) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/how-to-order-each-element-according-to-alphabet-tp3668997p3669194.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ R-help@r-project.org

Re: [R] how to order each element according to alphabet

dd [,1] [,2] [1,] OP SU [2,] XA YQ sapply( lapply( + strsplit(dd, split=), sort), + paste, collapse=) [1] OP AX SU QY The result is not what I intended since it is a single line. It should be: [,1] [,2] [1,] OP SU [2,] AX QY -- View this message in context:

[R] how to order each element according to alphabet

Hi there, I have a large amino acid csv file like this: input.txt: P,LV,Q,Z P,VL,Q,Z P,ML,QL,Z There is a problem with this file, since LV and VL are in fact the same thing. How do I order each element according to alphabetical order so that the desired output would look like: output.txt:

Re: [R] how to order each element according to alphabet

Hi, There are many more patterns than VL to LV. In fact, too many to be listed manually. For example ML should be ordered as LM, QL should be ordered as LQ. The order is according to the alphabet. -- View this message in context:

Re: [R] how to order each element according to alphabet

Thank you very much for your reply doctor. I tried to apply your command to my table but couldn't Would you please enlighten me on how to do this when 'lets2' is a 4X4 matrix for example. -- View this message in context: