On 6/19/07, RICHARD PITMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using the following code: > > library(lattice) > data<-read.csv("data.csv") > attach(data) > > fig<-xyplot(S_t~month|event, > key = list(text=list(lab=c("Time to first CV > event - Data", > "Survival post > first CV event - Model", > "Survival post > first MIA/CA event - Data", > "Survival post > first CVA event - Data", > "Survival post > first TIA event - Data", > "Survival post > first CVA/TIA event - Model"), > font=2, > cex=0.55), > lines=list(col=c("red", > "magenta", > "blue", > "brown"), > type="l", > cex=0.55, > lwd=1.5, > pch=0:1), > corner=c(0,0),x=0.75,y=0.75), > group = group, > index.cond = list(c(4,5,6,7,1,2,3)), > type = "l", > lwd = "3", > ylim = c(0,1.5), > layout = c(4,2), > col = c("red","magenta","blue","brown"), > pch = 0:3, > cex = 0.5, > ylab = "cumulative probability", > xlab = "months", > ) > print(fig) > > However, in each panel, the order in which the lines > are printed is suboptimal as some shorter lines are > obscured under longer lines. I am having some trouble > finding a method to change the order in which curves > are plotted in each panel. I have tried reordering the > levels in data$group: > > data$group<-factor(data$group, > levels=c("CV_model_event_1","CV model event 2","CV > event > 1","CV_event_2","CV_event_2_CVA","CV_event_2_TIA")) > > but this changed nothing. > > Any suggestions gratefully received.
It's hard to see the problem without a reproducible example, but if all you want is to order the levels of groups in decreasing order of frequency, you could use groups = reorder(group, group, function(x) { -length(x) }), -Deepayan ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.