[R] boxplot group labels

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Just one followup.  You don't really need "with" in this example since
boxplot.formula, itself, has a data argument:

 boxplot(income~factor(code, levels = rev(levels(code))), play,
     horizontal = TRUE, boxwex = 0.1)

On 5/14/06, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Change the order of the levels in the factor:
>
> with(play, boxplot(income~factor(code, levels = rev(levels(code))),
> horizontal = TRUE, boxwex = 0.1))
>
> On 5/14/06, Alexander Nervedi <alexnerdy at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I would like to control the order in which my boxplots are drawn. When i
> > issue the lines below I find that group "a" get plotted lowest, while the
> > highest letter grade is plotted on the top. I want to plot the letter grades
> > in descending order and I was wondering if tere is a quick way to do that.
> >
> > thanks.
> > Alex.
> >
> >
> > play <- data.frame(code = letters[round(runif(100)*10+1)], income =
> > runif(100))
> > with(play, boxplot(income~code, horizontal = TRUE, boxwex = 0.1))
> >
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