Reorder DataFrame by column name in R

Sort DataFrame by column name in R

Last Updated : 24 Apr, 2023

Sorting is the process of ordering items. It can be ascending order, descending order, alphabetical order, numerical order. To sort a DataFrame by column name in R programming, we can use various methods as discussed below. To get a better understanding of how to sort DataFrame by column name, let’s take some examples.

Example:

Let’s suppose we have the following dataset with column names as English alphabets and tuples are integer values. Now we want to sort the column by column name in alphabetical order.

	Column Names
R o w s	Banana	Orange	Mango	Apple
	1	6	2	4
	6	2	4	2
	5	3	4	3
	5	7	0	9
	6	4	3	7

After sorting DataFrame by column name it should look alike this:

	Sorted Column name
R o w s	Apple	Banana	Mango	Orange
	4	6	2	1
	2	2	4	6
	3	3	4	5
	9	7	0	5
	7	4	3	6

Method 1: Using dplyr

dplyr is used to manipulate the DataFrame and names is used to set or get to the object name in R. To use dplyr, it needs to be installed explicitly.

Approach

Import library
Create data frame
Sort the DataFrame using sort function and pass the DataFrame name as an argument.

Syntax:

DataFrame %>% select(sort(names(DataFrame)))

Display sorted dataframe

Example:

R

#Sort DataFrame by column name in R
 
# Creating a dataset.
z <- c(1,6,5,5,6)
x <- c(6,2,3,7,4)
y <- c(2,4,4,0,3)
a <- c(4,2,3,9,7)
 
dataframe <- data.frame(Banana = z,Orange=x,Mango=y,Apple=a)
 
# install dplyr package
install.packages("dplyr")
 
# loading library
library("dplyr")
 
# sorting 
dataframe %>% select(sort(names(dataframe)))
dataframe

Output:

Sorted DataFrame

Method 2: Using order

We can use the order function to sort the columns by column name.

Syntax:

order(names(dataframe))

Approach

Create dataframe
Pass the names of columns in order function
Save the sorted data
Display result

Program:

R

#Sort DataFrame by column name in R
 
# Creating a dataset.
z <- c(1,6,5,5,6)
x <- c(6,2,3,7,4)
y <- c(2,4,4,0,3)
a <- c(4,2,3,9,7)
 
dataframe <- data.frame(Banana = z,Orange=x,Mango=y,Apple=a)
 
# sorting 
dataframe[order(names(dataframe))]

Output:

Sorted dataframe

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