[R] Reordering factor levels

[Ross Darnell]

I would like to define the order of the levels of a factor.

The relevel function would work but since I have 20 levels I would prefer
to declare the order explicitly. Using a smaller example

levels(oldfactor)
"b1" "b2" "r1" "r2"
nufactor <- order(oldfactor,order=c("b1","r1","b2","r2")) # my fabricated function
levels(nufactor)
"b1" "r1" "b2" "r2"

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards
Ross Darnell

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