[Gretl-users] Re: sorting by string-valued series
On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Hi,
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 ;-)
Allin