Sort a Vector in ascending and descending Order in R Programming

R Programming: Vector Exercise-9 with Solution

Write a R program to sort a Vector in ascending and descending order.

Sample Solution :

R Programming Code :

# Create a numeric vector 'x' with elements 10, 20, 30, 25, 9, and 26
x = c(10, 20, 30, 25, 9, 26)

# Print a message indicating the display of the original vector
print("Original Vectors:")

# Print the contents of vector 'x'
print(x)

# Print a message indicating sorting in ascending order
print("Sort in ascending order:")

# Sort vector 'x' in ascending order and print the result
print(sort(x))

# Print a message indicating sorting in descending order
print("Sort in descending order:")

# Sort vector 'x' in descending order and print the result
print(sort(x, decreasing=TRUE))

Output:

[1] "Original Vectors:"
[1] 10 20 30 25  9 26
[1] "Sort in ascending order:"
[1]  9 10 20 25 26 30
[1] "Sort in descending order:"
[1] 30 26 25 20 10  9                         

Explanation:

• x = c(10, 20, 30, 25, 9, 26): Creates a numeric vector x with the elements 10, 20, 30, 25, 9, and 26.
• print("Original Vectors:"): Prints the label "Original Vectors:" to indicate that the following output will display the vector x.
• print(x): Prints the contents of vector x.
• print("Sort in ascending order:"): Prints the label "Sort in ascending order:" to indicate that the following output will show the vector sorted in ascending order.
• print(sort(x)): Sorts vector x in ascending order and prints the sorted vector.
• print("Sort in descending order:"): Prints the label "Sort in descending order:" to indicate that the following output will show the vector sorted in descending order.
• print(sort(x, decreasing=TRUE)): Sorts vector x in descending order and prints the sorted vector.

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