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# R sort() Function - Sort Vectors [ R Language Examples](#) The R sort() function is used to sort elements in a vector. sort() can directly return the sorted vector, supporting ascending, descending, and partial sorting. The syntax of the sort() function is as follows: sort(x, decreasing = FALSE, na.last = NA) **Parameter Description:** * **x** Input vector. * **decreasing** Whether to sort in descending order, defaults to FALSE (ascending). * **na.last** NA value handling: TRUE puts them at the end, FALSE puts them at the beginning, NA removes them. ## Example # Numeric Sorting x <-c(12, 27, 3, 4.2, 2, 54, -21, 4, -2) print("Ascending Order:") print(sort(x)) print("Descending Order:") print(sort(x, decreasing = TRUE)) # Character Sorting fruits <-c("banana", "apple", "cherry", "blueberry") print("Alphabetical Sorting:") print(sort(fruits)) Executing the above code outputs the following result: "Ascending Order:" -21.0 -2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.2 12.0 27.0 54.0 "Descending Order:" 54.0 27.0 12.0 4.2 4.0 3.0 2.0 -2.0 -21.0 "Alphabetical Sorting:" "apple" "banana" "blueberry" "cherry" sort() can also be used to get the top n maximum or minimum values: ## Example scores <-c(85, 92, 78, 95, 88, 72, 90, 68, 82, 89) # Smallest 3 item scores print("Lowest 3 items:") print(sort(scores)[1:3]) # Largest 3 item scores sorted_desc <-sort(scores, decreasing = TRUE) print("Highest 3 items:") print(sorted_desc[1:3]) Executing the above code outputs the following result: "Lowest 3 items:" 68 72 78 "Highest 3 items:" 95 92 90 [ R Language Examples](#)