[R] Dotchart question

[kjetil brinchmann halvorsen]

On 5 Sep 2003 at 14:30, Peter Flom wrote:

prof <- c('Accountant', 'Administrative assistant', 'Garment worker',
 'Cook',
   'Dentist', 'General practictioner', 'Graduate student', 
'High level manager',
   'Low level manager', 'Mechanical engineer', 'Mechanic',
 'Minister/priest/rabbi',
   'Nurse', 'Professor', 'Sales clerk', 'Server', 'Taxi driver')

mol <- c(34, 29, 27, 36, 20, 40, 35, 32, 30, 31, 30, 32, 37, 37, 27,
    28, 36)

o <- order(mol)
mol <- mol[o]
prof <- prof[o]

dotchart(mol, labels = prof, main = 'Dot chart', 
        xlab = 'Meaning of life score')

Works for me.

Kjetil Halvorsen



> Sorry to keep asking elementary questions......I appreciate the help.
> 
> I am trying to create a dotchart with the rows sorted according to the
> values, rather than the labels.  When I try
> 
> prof <- c('Accountant', 'Administrative assistant', 'Garment worker',
> 'Cook',
>   'Dentist', 'General practictioner', 'Graduate student', 'High level
> manager',
>   'Low level manager', 'Mechanical engineer', 'Mechanic',
> 'Minister/priest/rabbi',
>   'Nurse', 'Professor', 'Sales clerk', 'Server', 'Taxi driver')
> mol <- c(34, 29, 27, 36, 20, 40, 35, 32, 30, 31, 30, 32, 37, 37, 27,
> 28, 36)
> 
> dotchart(mol, labels = prof, main = 'Dot chart', xlab = 'Meaning of
> life score')
> 
> I get a dot chart sorted by the values of prof; what I'd like is one
> sorted by values of mol.
> 
> I looked at the help file for dotchart, but did not see anything.
> 
> Thanks again in advance
> 
> Peter L. Flom, PhD
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> Center for Drug Use and HIV Research
> National Development and Research Institutes
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