[Gretl-users] Re: sorting by string-valued series

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, Allin Cottrell wrote: > On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> I wanted to do 'dataset sortby x', where x is a string-valued series. >> But this just used the underlying integer codes and thus didn't do >> anything. Is there a way to sort lexicographically using the string >> values? > > Well, naturally there is, via hansl. But if you mean a built-in > command or function the answer's No. However, it seems that plain > "dataset sortby" should probably do that by default (or at least in > response to an option). A nice little project for someone ;-) Now done in git. Trivial example: