The sort used is stable (except for method = "quick" ), so any unresolved ties will be left in their original ordering. Complex values are sorted first by the real part, ...
Let's take a look at idx <- order(x <- c(1,1,3:1,1:4,3), y <- c(9,9:1), z <- c(2,1:9)) idx; #[1] 6 5 2 1 7 4 10 8 3 9. First thing to note is that x[idx] # [1] 1 ...
Ties.method specifies the method rank uses to break ties. Suppose you have a vector c(1,2,3,3,4,5). It's obvious that 1 is first, and 2 is second. However, it's not ...
3rd and 4th positions are ties ( Mortality = 8.7 for both). I want to break the tie with alphabetical order in data$Hospital.Name so that "CYPRESS FAIRBANKS" is 3rd ...
All three functions require that the values they operate on are comparable.
There is a function in R that you can use (called the sort function) to sort your data ... Also, note how ties are handled: if there is only one variable to be sorted on, ...
In the case of ties in the first vector, values in the second are used to break the ties.
is now sorted for those values where the privileges column has ties.
If x has names a stable modification is used, so ties are not reordered.
RANK function ties, how to break ties.