[R] ordering a factor in boxplot output

[Peter Alspach]

One option is to set the order in newfile:

newfile$ApptCategory <- factor(newfile$ApptCategory,
levels=c('New','Established'))

Of course, this will then affect the order for other things associated
with ApptCategory, but that is probably what you want.

HTH .......

Peter Alspach


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> 
> I'm sure I'm missing something obvious in the documentation...
> 
> I'm generating a boxplot
> boxplot(CleanValue~ApptCategory*ReportingCode,data=newfile)
> where ApptCategory is a factor with possible values 
> ("New","Established")
> 
> Problem is, the output orders those factors alphabetically, 
> and I'd really rather see New come first. I'm apparently 
> confused by the "reorder" function because somehow my 
> attempts to apply it have resulted in reversing the labelling 
> (so now the established boxes are labelled as new).
> 
> What am I missing?  Thanks.
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