Order and sort vectors

Usage

vec_order(x, direction = c("asc", "desc"), na_value = c("largest", "smallest"))

vec_sort(x, direction = c("asc", "desc"), na_value = c("largest", "smallest"))

Arguments

x: A vector
direction: Direction to sort in. Defaults to ascending.
na_value: Should NAs be treated as the largest or smallest values?

Value

vec_order() an integer vector the same size as x.
vec_sort() a vector with the same size and type as x.

Differences with `order()`

Unlike the na.last argument of order() which decides the positions of missing values irrespective of the decreasing argument, the na_value argument of vec_order() interacts with direction. If missing values are considered the largest value, they will appear last in ascending order, and first in descending order.

Dependencies of `vec_order()`

vec_proxy_order()

Dependencies of `vec_sort()`

vec_proxy_order()
vec_order()
vec_slice()

Examples

x <- round(c(runif(9), NA), 3)
vec_order(x)
#>  [1]  3  6  5  9  1  4  7  2  8 10
vec_sort(x)
#>  [1] 0.122 0.128 0.207 0.374 0.442 0.561 0.753 0.799 0.895    NA
vec_sort(x, "desc")
#>  [1]    NA 0.895 0.799 0.753 0.561 0.442 0.374 0.207 0.128 0.122

# Can also handle data frames
df <- data.frame(g = sample(2, 10, replace = TRUE), x = x)
vec_order(df)
#>  [1]  5  9  1  4  7  8 10  3  6  2
vec_sort(df)
#>    g     x
#> 1  1 0.207
#> 2  1 0.374
#> 3  1 0.442
#> 4  1 0.561
#> 5  1 0.753
#> 6  1 0.895
#> 7  1    NA
#> 8  2 0.122
#> 9  2 0.128
#> 10 2 0.799
vec_sort(df, "desc")
#>    g     x
#> 1  2 0.799
#> 2  2 0.128
#> 3  2 0.122
#> 4  1    NA
#> 5  1 0.895
#> 6  1 0.753
#> 7  1 0.561
#> 8  1 0.442
#> 9  1 0.374
#> 10 1 0.207

# Missing values interpreted as largest values are last when
# in increasing order:
vec_order(c(1, NA), na_value = "largest", direction = "asc")
#> [1] 1 2
vec_order(c(1, NA), na_value = "largest", direction = "desc")
#> [1] 2 1