In the case when a text column contains text that can be converted to a number, grouping by this column pulls all such numerical values to the front.
df <- c(rep("Start", 4), rep("End", 3), "2", "1", "1a", "1 ") |>
data.frame(col_a = _)
df |>
reactable::reactable(groupBy = "col_a")
sessionInfo()
#> R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31 ucrt)
#> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
#> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 19045)
#>
#> Matrix products: default
#>
#>
#> locale:
#> [1] LC_COLLATE=Russian_Russia.utf8 LC_CTYPE=Russian_Russia.utf8
#> [3] LC_MONETARY=Russian_Russia.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C
#> [5] LC_TIME=Russian_Russia.utf8
#>
#> time zone: Europe/Moscow
#> tzcode source: internal
#>
#> attached base packages:
#> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
#>
#> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
#> [1] styler_1.10.3 digest_0.6.36 fastmap_1.2.0 xfun_0.45
#> [5] magrittr_2.0.3 glue_1.8.0 R.utils_2.12.3 knitr_1.47
#> [9] htmltools_0.5.8.1 rmarkdown_2.27 lifecycle_1.0.4 cli_3.6.3
#> [13] R.methodsS3_1.8.2 vctrs_0.6.5 reprex_2.1.0 withr_3.0.0
#> [17] compiler_4.4.2 R.oo_1.26.0 R.cache_0.16.0 purrr_1.0.2
#> [21] rstudioapi_0.16.0 tools_4.4.2 evaluate_0.24.0 yaml_2.3.8
#> [25] rlang_1.1.4 fs_1.6.4
In the case when a text column contains text that can be converted to a number, grouping by this column pulls all such numerical values to the front.