Thanks to Marc Schwartz I was able to order a "two factors" interaction boxplot with median associated to one factor alone. I tried further to generate facets plot (3x2 boxplots in ggplot2) for the dataframe reported at bottom and I'm not able to reach a correct plot. The dataframe is a simulation of genes expressions in five conditions of patients. I would like that each of the 5 boxplots were ordered with median of values associated to the combination "gene*pat.cond". Any help is much appreciated, Sergio ____________________________ Example Dataframe: pat.cond gene value 1 N ADAMTS1 -5.557194292 2 N ADAMTS1 -2.576700157 3 E ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 4 E ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 5 E ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 6 E ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 7 M ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 8 M ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 9 M ADAMTS1 -6.629356620 10 M ADAMTS1 -2.742163709 11 N ADAMTS12 -1.084104611 12 E ADAMTS12 1.710871953 13 E ADAMTS12 6.629356620 14 M ADAMTS12 6.629356620 15 M ADAMTS12 1.711422682 16 E APC -3.665169008 17 E APC -1.192183578 18 M APC -6.629356620 19 M APC 3.696542194 20 M APC -3.533991641 21 R APC -4.267887134 22 N BORIS 6.629356620 23 E BORIS 6.629356620 24 M BORIS 6.629356620 25 M BORIS 6.629356620 26 M BORIS 6.629356620 27 S BORIS 6.629356620 28 E BRCA1 -4.260347862 29 E BRCA1 -6.629356620 30 E BRCA1 -6.629356620 31 M BRCA1 -6.443174967 32 M BRCA1 -6.629356620 33 M BRCA1 -6.629356620 34 M BRCA1 -2.525972281 35 N P16 -1.698706675 36 M P16 -6.629356620 37 M P16 -6.629356620 38 M P16 -6.629356620 39 S P16 -6.629356620 40 S P16 -6.629356620 41 S P16 0.518269571 42 N DAX1 0.708010228 43 E DAX1 -0.337455350 44 E DAX1 2.803374605 45 E DAX1 -1.407226228 46 M DAX1 6.629356620 47 S DAX1 2.022408499 48 S DAX1 6.629356620 49 S DAX1 6.629356620 50 S DAX1 6.629356620 51 N DKK1 -0.876905559 52 N DKK1 0.008176565 53 E DKK1 -3.057081024 54 M DKK1 0.804046915 55 N DKK2 -4.677880676 56 N DKK2 -3.264182143 57 M DKK2 0.219772061 58 R DKK2 -3.205760419 59 R DKK2 -3.567799537 60 R DKK2 -1.687113091 61 S DKK2 -6.629356620 62 S DKK2 -6.629356620 63 N ESR1 1.479810020 64 M ESR1 1.861011014 65 N FBP1 -0.110196473 66 N FBP1 0.721286184 67 E FBP1 -5.107943868 68 E FBP1 -4.593812366 69 M FBP1 -1.622176688 70 S FBP1 -3.097791525 71 E FOXL2 -4.564123239 72 E FOXL2 3.111180437 73 M FOXL2 0.323703764 74 M FOXL2 -3.851350485 75 R FOXL2 -3.324087523 76 S FOXL2 0.739408989 77 M GATA5 -1.171932246 78 M GATA5 -3.466054731 79 M GATA5 -1.283038699 80 S GATA5 -2.778390690 81 S GATA5 -2.014479273 82 S GATA5 -3.015234172 83 E GPX3 -6.629356620 84 E GPX3 -1.942190735 85 M GPX3 6.629356620 86 M GPX3 -6.629356620 87 M GPX3 -2.615982450 88 M GPX3 -6.629356620 89 M GPX3 0.128743354 90 S GPX3 -6.629356620 91 E MAL -6.629356620 92 E MAL -4.825545452 93 E MAL -6.629356620 94 E MAL -6.629356620 95 E MAL -6.629356620 96 M MAL -0.419005364 97 M MAL -0.923667455 98 M MAL 6.629356620 99 M MAL 3.371740196 100 S MAL -6.629356620 101 N MGMT -6.629356620 102 E MGMT 1.115112556 103 M MGMT 4.030893797 104 S MGMT -6.629356620 105 N MLH1 -0.519875304 106 N MLH1 -1.352872084 107 E MLH1 -0.777864442 108 E MLH1 1.105073029 109 E MLH1 5.758699199 110 E MLH1 -1.498072236 111 S MLH1 -1.630362301 112 M MYOD1 -6.629356620 113 M MYOD1 6.629356620 114 M MYOD1 -6.629356620 115 M MYOD1 -6.629356620 116 R MYOD1 -6.629356620 117 R MYOD1 -6.629356620 118 S MYOD1 -6.629356620 119 S MYOD1 -6.629356620 120 S MYOD1 -4.645053781 121 N NELL1 -6.629356620 122 N NELL1 -5.536591557 123 N NELL1 -5.903856552 124 E NELL1 -6.629356620 125 E NELL1 -6.629356620 126 M NELL1 -6.629356620 127 S NELL1 -6.629356620 128 N OSMR -6.629356620 129 M OSMR 4.407821839 130 M OSMR 0.364604851 131 M OSMR -6.629356620 132 S OSMR -6.629356620 133 N PAX6 6.629356620 134 E PAX6 -3.401030959 135 M PAX6 -0.946878855 136 S PAX6 0.964721065 137 E PTGS2 -3.749795240 138 M PTGS2 -6.629356620 139 S PTGS2 -2.076356656 140 S PTGS2 -3.961164916 141 N RARB -4.611429173 142 E RARB -1.706166432 143 S RARB -3.697493231 144 N RASSF1A -1.505128642 145 E RASSF1A 0.808179628 146 E RASSF1A -6.629356620 147 E RASSF1A -0.694997778 148 M RASSF1A -0.332307577 149 S RASSF1A -6.629356620 150 S RASSF1A 6.629356620 151 N RPRM -4.023523466 152 E RPRM 0.443243995 153 S RPRM -6.629356620 154 S RPRM -4.019270038 155 E RSPOI -1.735307607 156 E RSPOI -1.296083205 157 M RSPOI -3.003752756 158 S RSPOI -3.156564936 159 S RSPOI -2.928871731 160 N SEPTIN9 -6.629356620 161 E SEPTIN9 -2.585469731 162 E SEPTIN9 -2.525798264 163 M SEPTIN9 6.629356620 164 R SEPTIN9 -3.071222253 165 S SEPTIN9 -6.629356620 166 M SFRP1 -1.426465815 167 R SFRP1 -6.629356620 168 S SFRP1 -2.348648751 169 S SFRP1 -6.629356620 170 S SFRP1 -2.304295273 171 N SFRP4 -2.315044901 172 E SFRP4 -2.940158139 173 M SFRP4 6.629356620 174 S SFRP4 -6.629356620 175 S SFRP4 6.629356620 176 N SFRP5 -6.629356620 177 E SFRP5 -5.833523393 178 E SFRP5 2.765666156 179 E SFRP5 2.707734922 180 E SFRP5 6.629356620 181 M SMAD4 -6.629356620 182 M SMAD4 -6.629356620 183 M SMAD4 -6.629356620 184 R SMAD4 -6.629356620 185 S SMAD4 -6.629356620 186 S SMAD4 -6.629356620 187 S SMAD4 -6.629356620 188 N SOCS3 -0.604614698 189 N SOCS3 0.097268646 190 E SOCS3 -1.505450218 191 E SOCS3 6.629356620 192 N SPARC -3.865639988 193 N SPARC -1.868782928 194 E SPARC 2.821046068 195 E SPARC 6.629356620 196 S SPARC -6.629356620 197 S SPARC 0.202017887 198 S SPARC 6.629356620 199 S SPARC 6.629356620 200 N TAC1 -1.528221578 201 M TAC1 6.629356620 202 M TAC1 6.629356620 203 R TAC1 -2.294267250 204 S TAC1 2.624594634 205 N TERT -2.985641232 206 E TERT 2.809747729 207 E TERT 6.629356620 208 E TERT -3.164404633 209 M TERT 6.629356620 210 M TERT -2.766881108 211 S TERT 0.875337372 212 S TERT 3.175095461 213 N TIMP3 -2.046729298 214 E TIMP3 -3.461408230 215 E TIMP3 -2.996720557 216 M TIMP3 -6.629356620 217 M TIMP3 -1.527333149 218 R TIMP3 -3.933657283 219 S TIMP3 -1.020144976 220 S TIMP3 -2.357112874 221 S TIMP3 0.806736362 222 M TMEFF2 -1.160275850 223 M TMEFF2 -2.712025806 224 R TMEFF2 -3.961478237 225 R TMEFF2 -6.510953714 226 S TMEFF2 -0.619555286 227 S TMEFF2 2.344341057 228 E WIF1 -6.629356620 229 E WIF1 -3.806114522 230 E WIF1 -2.318313158 231 M WIF1 1.102899897 232 M WIF1 6.629356620 233 M WIF1 -6.629356620 234 N WNT4 -6.629356620 235 E WNT4 -3.474027185 236 E WNT4 -6.629356620 237 S WNT4 -6.629356620 238 S WNT4 -6.629356620 239 E WRN -6.629356620 240 M WRN -4.148942985 241 S WRN -1.855994142 242 R WT1 -0.824982393 243 S WT1 1.236129501 244 S WT1 1.088540877
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