[R] simple table ordering question

[jim holtman]

Convert them to factors in which you specify the order:

> mytable<-factor(c(rep("Disagree",37),rep("Agree",64)), levels=c("Disagree","Agree"))
> table(mytable)
mytable
Disagree    Agree
      37       64


On 5/5/07, AP05 <jeffmiller at alphapoint05.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sure this is simple but I don't get it.
>
> I have a table
>
> mytable<-c(rep("Disagree",37),rep("Agree",64))
> table(mytable)
>
> this gives me
> Agree    Disagree
> 64        37
>
> but I didn't ask for it to be in alphabetic order.
>
> How can I get it in original order?
>
> Disagree    Agree
> 37            64
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
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