[R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread Meyners, Michael
All, I realize from the archive that the sort argument in merge has been subject to discussion before, though I couldn't find an explanation for this behavior. I tried to simplify this to (kind of) minimal code from a real example to the following (and I have no doubts that there are smart

Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread Rui Barradas
Hello, Inline. Em 04-09-2012 12:24, Meyners, Michael escreveu: All, I realize from the archive that the sort argument in merge has been subject to discussion before, though I couldn't find an explanation for this behavior. I tried to simplify this to (kind of) minimal code from a real

Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread arun
   11   NA A.K. - Original Message - From: Meyners, Michael meyner...@pg.com To: r-help@r-project.org r-help@r-project.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:24 AM Subject: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function All, I realize from the archive that the sort

Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread Meyners, Michael
- From: Rui Barradas [mailto:ruipbarra...@sapo.pt] Sent: Dienstag, 4. September 2012 14:01 To: Meyners, Michael Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function Hello, Inline. Em 04-09-2012 12:24, Meyners, Michael escreveu: All, I realize from

Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread Rui Barradas
: Rui Barradas [mailto:ruipbarra...@sapo.pt] Sent: Dienstag, 4. September 2012 14:01 To: Meyners, Michael Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function Hello, Inline. Em 04-09-2012 12:24, Meyners, Michael escreveu: All, I realize from the archive that the sort

Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function

2012-09-04 Thread Meyners, Michael
the time to reply. Cheers, Michael -Original Message- From: Rui Barradas [mailto:ruipbarra...@sapo.pt] Sent: Dienstag, 4. September 2012 16:58 To: Meyners, Michael Cc: r-help Subject: Re: [R] unexpected (?) behavior of sort=TRUE in merge function Hello, You're right I had missed