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Reverse the order of a categorical axis in ggplot2
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scale_x_discrete(limits = rev(levels(the_factor)))
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jennybc commented May 5, 2020

@jzadra The constructs like !! are specific to tidyeval functions, which does not include base functions like levels().

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jzadra commented May 5, 2020

Thanks. It's too bad that the scale_*_reverse() only works on numeric; it seems like it would be useful to have it perform this behavior on factor and character.

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This works now: scale_x_discrete(limits = rev)

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ckm2016 commented Oct 16, 2020

This works now: scale_x_discrete(limits = rev)

Thanks for this!

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This works now: scale_x_discrete(limits = rev)

Yes, this works! Many thanks

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this helped me too, thanks!

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