sortGroups: Sort groups based on a function such as mean value or...

In plotfunctions: Various Functions to Facilitate Visualization of Data and Analysis

Description

Sort groups based on a function such as mean value or deviation.

Usage

sortGroups(formula, FUN = "mean", decreasing = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

formula	Formula for splitting the data
FUN	Function to apply to each group
decreasing	Logical: sort groups on decreasing values or not (default is FALSE, sorting on increasing values).
...	Additional arguments for the function aggregate.

Value

The order of levels.

Author(s)

Jacolien van Rij

See Also

Other Utility functions: findAbsMin(), find_n_neighbors(), firstLetterCap(), getArrowPos(), getDec(), getRange(), getRatioCoords(), get_palette(), group_sort(), inch2coords(), isColor(), list2str(), move_n_point(), orderBoxplot(), se()

Examples

head(ToothGrowth)
# sort on basis of mean length:
sortGroups(len ~ dose:supp, data = ToothGrowth)
labels = levels(interaction(ToothGrowth$dose, ToothGrowth$supp))
labels[sortGroups(len ~ dose:supp, data = ToothGrowth)]

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