Could be few things but we probably need some sample data to get a feeling for what you are doing.
The easiest way to supply data is to use the dput() function. Example with your file named "testfile": dput(testfile) Then copy the output and paste into your email. For large data sets, you can just supply a representative sample. Usually, dput(head(testfile, 100)) will be sufficient. John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: kay.lue...@uni-rostock.de > Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:01:40 -0800 (PST) > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] order in stacked barplot > > Hello > i did a stacked barplot using ggplot and R arranged the bars of the items > in > different orders. i don“t know why. but i want to have the same order in > every stacked bar. > > I used the code > > data1 <- read.table("N_O_W_MAI.txt", header=TRUE, dec = ",") > attach(data1) > Teich1<-factor(Teich,levels=c(5,7,9,11,"G") ,ordered=is.ordered(Teich)) > Gruppe1<-factor(Gruppe,levels=c("Annelida","Cladocera","Copepoda", > "Diptera","Ephemeroptera","Ostracoda","Sonstige"),ordered=is.ordered(Gruppe)) > data2<-data.frame(Teich1,Gruppe,Herkunft,IRI) > data2 >> str(data2) > 'data.frame': 65 obs. of 3 variables: > $ Teich1: Factor w/ 5 levels "2","4","8","10",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 > ... > $ Gruppe1: Factor w/ 7 levels "Annelida","Asellus",..: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 > 3 > ... > $ IRI : num 0.606 16.274 0.326 0.396 0 ... > attach(data2) > #?data.frame > str(data2) > library(ggplot2) > > ggplot(data2, aes(Teich1,IRI, fill=Gruppe1)) + > geom_bar(stat="summary", fun.y="sum") + > facet_grid(~Herkunft) > > So i get a plot with stacked bars for every "Teich1"(Pond), the stacks > show > the summed proportion ("IRI") of the diffrent species ("Gruppe1") in > every > pond. Every species has a discret colour, but the order of species is > displayed different for the ponds. In the original data they have the > same > order for every pond. This is what i want to have for the stacked > barplot, > too. > Has anybody an idea? > thanks > Kay > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/order-in-stacked-barplot-tp4649321.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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! ______________________________________________ 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.