Hi: Is this what you're after?
dotplot(reorder(category, -values, mean) ~values, data=testdot) See ?reorder HTH, Dennis On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:59 AM, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 20/12/2010, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 18/12/2010, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 18/12/2010, Peter Ehlers <ehl...@ucalgary.ca> wrote: > >>> On 2010-12-18 07:50, e-letter wrote: > >>>>> Ben Bolker > >>>>> Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:07:24 -0800 > >>> > >>> [... snip ...] > >>> > >>>> I am trying to create a chart like this > >>>> (http://www.b-eye-network.com/images/content/Fig4_3.jpg); so this is > >>>> not possible using R? > >>> > >>> That looks an awful lot like what lattice's dotplot would > >>> produce. So: have you tried dotplot() as Ben has suggested? > >>> > >> > > > > A csv file is imported: > > > testdot > category values > 1 a 10 > 2 b 44 > 3 c 51 > 4 d 65 > 5 a 27 > 6 b 64 > 7 c 71 > 8 d 49 > > A dotplot is produced with the command: > > dotplot(category~values,data=testdot) > > The csv file is adjusted to move the values of 'a': > > > testdot > category values > 1 b 44 > 2 c 51 > 3 d 65 > 4 a 10 > 5 b 64 > 6 c 71 > 7 d 49 > 8 a 27 > > Why does the order of the categories not change from d,c,b,a to > a,d,c,b (descending from top)? > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
