Thanks Jean, that worked! On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Adams, Jean <jvad...@usgs.gov> wrote:
> You just have to change the levels of the factor ... > > library(ggplot2) > > Lab = c(letters[4:6], letters[1:3]) > valuex = c(3.1,2.3,0.4,-0.4,-1.2,-4.4) > df <- data.frame(Lab,valuex) > > # set the factor levels to the same order as observed in the data frame > df$Lab <- factor(df$Lab, levels=unique(df$Lab)) > > px <- ggplot(df,aes(Lab,valuex,label=Lab)) + > geom_text(aes(y=0)) + > geom_bar(stat = "identity") > px > > Jean > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Brian Smith <bsmith030...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I was trying to draw a geom_bar plot. However, by default, the bars are >> arranged according to the label, which I don't want. I want the bars to >> appear exactly as they appear in the data frame. For example in the code: >> >> Lab=c(letters[4:6],letters[1:3]) >> valuex = c(3.1,2.3,0.4,-0.4,-1.2,-4.4) >> df <- data.frame(Lab,valuex) >> px <- ggplot(df,aes(Lab,valuex,label=Lab)) + geom_text(aes(y=0)) + >> geom_bar(stat = "identity") >> px >> >> >> The default arranges the bars in order 'a' through 'f', but I want them >> arranged as per df. >> >> How can I do this? >> >> thanks! >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posti >> ng-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.