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kutils (version 1.69)

naLast: Sort key so that non missing values are first in the value vector.

Description

Sort key so that non missing values are first in the value vector.

Usage

naLast(key, byvar = "name_new", valvar = "value_new",
  na.strings = c("\\.", "", "\\s+", "N/A"))

Arguments

key

key, long or wide

byvar

Default is "name_new", the column for sorting into blocks.

valvar

The value variable on which sorting is to be done, "value_new".

na.strings

vector of characters to be treated as NA

Value

sorted key, with blocks that have the missings last