Suppose I have the dataframe:

data = data.frame(A = c(3,2,1), B = c(2,1,1), C = c(1,2,1)).

I would like to arrange the data according to a variable number of columns. Perhaps:

arranging_columns <- c('B')

…OR…

arranging_columns <- c('C', 'A') *(ie, first arrange by C, then by A)*

I do not know how many columns I want to arrange by. Perhaps 1 column, perhaps 2 columns.

How can I achieve this using the dplyr::arange(…) function?

I have tried to pass a vector of arranging_columns to the function dplyr::arrange(…) and then to somehow unwrap this vector into multiple arguments, like:

arranging_columns <- c('C', 'B')
arranged <- dplyr::arrange(data, {arranging_columns})

Desired output:

A  B  C
1  1  1
3  2  1
2  1  2

But I just get an error saying:

Error in `dplyr::arrange()`:
ℹ In argument: `..1 = arranging_columns`.
Caused by error:
! `..1` must be size 3 or 1, not 2.