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Reverse the order of a categorical axis in ggplot2
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reverse-categorical-axis-ggplot2.r
scale_x_discrete(limits = rev(levels(the_factor)))
@jzadra
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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.

@casa-henrym
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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!

@AOurednikSFA
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This works now: scale_x_discrete(limits = rev)

Yes, this works! Many thanks

@tnat1031
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this helped me too, thanks!

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