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re order factors for ggplot plotting
dat <- data.frame(x=c("C-1","C-2","C-10"),
y=c(1,2,3))
# in the wrong order
ggplot(data=dat, aes(x=x, y=y))+
geom_point()
dat$x <- factor(dat$x, levels=dat$x)
# in the right order
ggplot(data=dat, aes(x=x, y=y))+
geom_point()
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