-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/12/11 15:48, Joris Meys wrote: > @Barry : regardless of whether '_' comes before or after '1' , it > should be consistent. Adding an 'a' shouldn't shift '_' from > before '1' to between '1' and '2', that's clearly an error. The > help files are not stating anything about that. The only thing I > can imagine, is that '_' gets ignored (in that case 19a would rank > before 1a). > > This said, I can't reproduce.
I can: > x <- c("_1_", "1_9", "2_9") xa <- paste(x,'a',sep='') rank(x) [1] 1 2 3 > rank(xa) [1] 2 1 3 > sessionInfo() R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31) Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C [3] LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_GB.UTF-8 [5] LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=C LC_NAME=C [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base > version _ platform i686-pc-linux-gnu arch i686 os linux-gnu system i686, linux-gnu status major 2 minor 14.0 year 2011 month 10 day 31 svn rev 57496 language R version.string R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31) > Interesting. Rainer > >> x <- c("_1_", "1_9", "2_9") xa <- paste(x,'a',sep='') rank(x) > [1] 1 2 3 >> rank(xa) > [1] 1 2 3 > >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.14.0 Patched (2006-00-00 r00000) Platform: > i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > > locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 > LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 LC_MONETARY=English_United > States.1252 [4] LC_NUMERIC=C > LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 > > attached base packages: [1] grDevices datasets splines graphics > stats tcltk utils methods base > > other attached packages: [1] svSocket_0.9-51 TinnR_1.0.3 > R2HTML_2.2 Hmisc_3.8-3 survival_2.36-9 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] cluster_1.14.1 > grid_2.14.0 lattice_0.19-33 svMisc_0.9-63 tools_2.14.0 > > > 2011/12/7 Hervé Pagès <hpa...@fhcrc.org>: >> Hi, >> >> This looks OK: >> >>> x <- c("_1_", "1_9", "2_9") rank(x) >> [1] 1 2 3 >> >> But this does not: >> >>> xa <- paste(x, "a", sep="") xa >> [1] "_1_a" "1_9a" "2_9a" >>> rank(xa) >> [1] 2 1 3 >> >> Cheers, H. >> >>> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.14.0 (2011-10-31) Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu >> (64-bit) >> >> locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C [3] >> LC_TIME=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_CA.UTF-8 [5] >> LC_MONETARY=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_CA.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=C >> LC_NAME=C [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C [11] >> LC_MEASUREMENT=en_CA.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C >> >> attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils >> datasets methods base >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] tools_2.14.0 >> >> >> -- Hervé Pagès >> >> Program in Computational Biology Division of Public Health >> Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 1100 Fairview >> Ave. N, M1-B514 P.O. Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109-1024 >> >> E-mail: hpa...@fhcrc.org Phone: (206) 667-5791 Fax: (206) >> 667-1319 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7fgQMACgkQoYgNqgF2egrjvACffUhSUEriYGSQY8MstwVbvAj6 +w8An1FrwX0YXqDUqDoRq/zW31FW7WOj =zQr1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel