Subset and manually order the labels on x-axis in ggplot 2

Asked Dec 21 '18 at 22:27

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I am plotting distances between and within groups. I am sub-setting the data and want to maintain the order in the boxplot.

ggplot(subset(total, groups %in% c("A-A","C-B", "C-C", "B-B", "D-A", "All")), aes(x=groups, y=distance, fill=groups)) + geom_boxplot()

I need the order of the subset to maintain in the plot. I tried setting levels within subset but doesn't work that way. Suggestions?

asked Dec 21 '18 at 22:27

akang

@PoGibas not really. I am trying to subset and then maintain the ordering of the subset. – akang Dec 21 '18 at 22:33
But you can specify wanted order in ggplot2 call, second answer in linked post does that. – pogibas Dec 21 '18 at 22:33
@PoGibas Like how? – akang Dec 21 '18 at 22:35
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`scale_x_discrete(limits = c("A-A","C-B", "C-C", "B-B", "D-A", "All"))` – pogibas Dec 21 '18 at 22:36
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Thanks! Works for me. – akang Dec 21 '18 at 22:41

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