> df <- structure(c(106487, 495681, 1597442, 2452577, 2065141, 2271925, 4735484, 3555352, 8056040, 4321887, 2463194, 347566, 621147, 1325727, 1123492, 800368, 761550, 1359737, 1073726, 36, 53, 141, 41538, 64759, 124160, 69942, 74862, 323543, 247236, 112059, 16595, 37028, 153249, 427642, 1588178, 2738157, 2795672, 2265696, 11951, 33424, 62469, 74720, 166607, 404044, 426967, 38972, 361888, 1143671, 1516716, 160037, 354804, 996944, 1716374, 1982735, 3615225, 4486806, 3037122, 17, 54, 55, 210, 312, 358, 857, 350, 7368, 8443, 6286, 1750, 7367, 14092, 28954, 80779, 176893, 354939, 446792, 33333, 69911, 53144, 29169, 18005, 11704, 13363, 18028, 46547, 14574, 8954, 2483, 14693, 25467, 25215, 41254, 46237, 98263, 185986), .Dim = c(19, 5), .Dimnames = list(c("1820-30", "1831-40", "1841-50", "1851-60", "1861-70", "1871-80", "1881-90", "1891-00", "1901-10", "1911-20", "1921-30", "1931-40", "1941-50", "1951-60", "1961-70", "1971-80", "1981-90", "1991-00", "2001-06"), c("Europe", "Asia", "Americas", "Africa", "Oceania")))
> df.m <- melt(df) > df.m <- rename(df.m, c(X1 = "Period", X2 = "Region")) > df.m <- transform(df.m, Period = reorder(Period, -1*value)) > ggplot(df.m, aes(x = Period, y = value/1e+06, fill = Region)) + geom_bar(stat = "identity", position = "stack") ===================================================== > levels(df.m$Period) [1] "1820-30" "1831-40" "1841-50" "1851-60" "1861-70" "1871-80" "1881-90" [8] "1891-00" "1901-10" "1911-20" "1921-30" "1931-40" "1941-50" "1951-60" [15] "1961-70" "1971-80" "1981-90" "1991-00" "2001-06" ===================================================== I think after reordering, the levels changed, but the fact was nothing has got change >_<!!! I found I have many commands happen like this. especially drawing graph...ordering doesn't work... [[elided Yahoo spam]] it is crazy, "R" teases me. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/ggplot-rank-stack-bar-automatically-tp4391042p4403442.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.