[R] ggpubr: order of non-numeric x-axis items

[Bert Gunter]

No. relevel() only changes the order in one specific way. Use `levels<-`()
to reorder in a general way:

> z <- factor(rep(letters[3:1],2))
> z
[1] c b a c b a
Levels: a b c
> z <-relevel(z, ref = "c")
> z
[1] c b a c b a
Levels: c a b
> levels(z)<- c("c","b","a")
> z
[1] c a b c a b
Levels: c b a

Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter

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On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:09 AM Patrick (Malone Quantitative) <
malone using malonequantitative.com> wrote:

> Try using relevel() to organize the categories in your factor in the
> desired order. You may need to use relevel(as.factor()) .
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 6:51 AM April Ettington
> <aprilettington using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I use ggpubr with an x-axis utilizing descriptive categories (eg.
> bar
> > chart for different colors of car), it sorts all of the labels
> > alphabetically.  Is there a way to change this so it shows in the order I
> > want?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > April
> >
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