If you read the posting guide you will see that only a few types of attachments will be allowed through. Also it is much preferred to paste data into your email using dput:
> dput(flies) structure(list(long = c(40L, 37L, 44L, 47L, 47L, 47L, 68L, 47L, 54L, 61L, 71L, 75L, 89L, 58L, 59L, 62L, 79L, 96L, 58L, 62L, 70L, 72L, 74L, 96L, 75L, 46L, 42L, 65L, 46L, 58L, 42L, 48L, 58L, 50L, 80L, 63L, 65L, 70L, 70L, 72L, 97L, 46L, 56L, 70L, 70L, 72L, 76L, 90L, 76L, 92L, 21L, 40L, 44L, 54L, 36L, 40L, 56L, 60L, 48L, 53L, 60L, 60L, 65L, 68L, 60L, 81L, 81L, 48L, 48L, 56L, 68L, 75L, 81L, 48L, 68L, 35L, 37L, 49L, 46L, 63L, 39L, 46L, 56L, 63L, 65L, 56L, 65L, 70L, 63L, 65L, 70L, 77L, 81L, 86L, 70L, 70L, 77L, 77L, 81L, 77L, 16L, 19L, 19L, 32L, 33L, 33L, 30L, 42L, 42L, 33L, 26L, 30L, 40L, 54L, 34L, 34L, 47L, 47L, 42L, 47L, 54L, 54L, 56L, 60L, 44L ), group = c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L)), .Names = c("long", "group"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -125L)) Everything you want is easy to handle in R but it is not as straightforward as I initially thought. First make groups into a factor and then modify the factor levels. The default for the factor would be in numerical order 1, 2, ... but by listing the levels in reverse order the plot comes out the way you want. Changing the levels from 5, 4, ... to Group 5, Group 4, ... takes care of the labels on the boxplot although you could also use the names= argument in boxplot to do that. > flies$group <- factor(flies$group, 5:1) # Request 1 > levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ", 5:1) # Request 2 Now insert the pars= argument to handle #3 and set up #4. Note the counter-intuitive ylim= when we are actually talking about the x axis - probably a result of plotting the boxplot horizontally. > boxplot(long ~ group, data = flies, pars=list(las=1, ylim=c(10, 110), xaxt="n", bty="n"), horizontal = TRUE, col = "red") Finally draw the x-axis. > axis(1, at=seq(10, 110, 20)) ------------------------------------- David L Carlson Associate Professor of Anthropology Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77840-4352 ----- Original Message ----- From: "darnold" <dwarnol...@suddenlink.net> To: r-help@r-project.org Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:01:19 PM Subject: Re: [R] Adjusting format of boxplot Looks like data was not attached. Here is is. long group 40 1 37 1 44 1 47 1 47 1 47 1 68 1 47 1 54 1 61 1 71 1 75 1 89 1 58 1 59 1 62 1 79 1 96 1 58 1 62 1 70 1 72 1 74 1 96 1 75 1 46 2 42 2 65 2 46 2 58 2 42 2 48 2 58 2 50 2 80 2 63 2 65 2 70 2 70 2 72 2 97 2 46 2 56 2 70 2 70 2 72 2 76 2 90 2 76 2 92 2 21 3 40 3 44 3 54 3 36 3 40 3 56 3 60 3 48 3 53 3 60 3 60 3 65 3 68 3 60 3 81 3 81 3 48 3 48 3 56 3 68 3 75 3 81 3 48 3 68 3 35 4 37 4 49 4 46 4 63 4 39 4 46 4 56 4 63 4 65 4 56 4 65 4 70 4 63 4 65 4 70 4 77 4 81 4 86 4 70 4 70 4 77 4 77 4 81 4 77 4 16 5 19 5 19 5 32 5 33 5 33 5 30 5 42 5 42 5 33 5 26 5 30 5 40 5 54 5 34 5 34 5 47 5 47 5 42 5 47 5 54 5 54 5 56 5 60 5 44 5 -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Adjusting-format-of-boxplot-tp4636373p4636379.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.