[R] Alphabetical sequence of data along the x-axis in a box plot

[Peter Alspach]

Tena koe Eddie

One way:

eddie <- data.frame(grp=rep(c('small','medium','large','very large'), each=20), wgt=rnorm(80, 100, 10))
with(eddie, plot(grp, wgt))
eddie$grp <- factor(eddie$grp, levels=c('small','medium','large','very large'))
with(eddie, plot(grp, wgt))

HTH ...

Peter Alspach

> -----Original Message-----
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> project.org] On Behalf Of Hughes, Ed
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2010 9:00 a.m.
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Alphabetical sequence of data along the x-axis in a box
> plot
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> 
> 
> I noticed when I generated some boxplots, the data is presented in
> alphabetical order along the x-axis (the data in this case was the four
> quandrants of a sample area (NE,NW, SE, SW) that was my first column of
> data).  Is there a way to have R plot the data in a different order?  I
> imagine you could use a dummy variable, but didn't know if there might
> be a simple argument  that will address this?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for any guidance,
> 
> Eddie Hughes
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