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R.filesets

sortBy.GenericDataFileSet

Sorts the set

Description

Sorts the set by one of several ordering schema.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFileSet'
sortBy(this, by=c("lexicographic", "mixedsort", "mixeddecimal", "mixedroman",
  "filesize"), decreasing=FALSE, caseSensitive=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

`by`	A `character` string specifying the ordering scheme.
`decreasing`	If `TRUE` the sorting is done in a decreasing manner.
`caseSensitive`	If `TRUE`, the ordering is case sensitive, otherwise not.
`...`	Not used.

Details

The set is ordering by the fullnames. If by="lexicographic", lexicographic ordering is used, sometimes also referred to as alphabetic ordering. If by="mixeddecimal", mixedsort ordering acknowledging decimal numbers is used, cf. mixedsort. If by="mixedroman", mixedsort ordering acknowledging roman numerals is used, cf. mixedsort.

Value

Returns returns itself with the set ordered accordingly.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson