# sorting examples using the mtcars dataset
data(mtcars)
attach(mtcars)

mtcars

# sort by mpg
newdata <- mtcars[order(mpg),]
newdata

# sort by mpg and cyl
newdata1 <- mtcars[order(mpg, cyl),]
newdata1

#sort by mpg (ascending) and cyl (descending)
newdata2 <- mtcars[order(mpg, -cyl),]
newdata2

detach(mtcars)