[R] Order of boxes in boxplot()

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It is the order of the levels of the grouping factor.  If `grp' is not
a factor, it will be made into one (with levels in alphabetical order).

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:

> Sorry for such an inane question - how do I control the order in which
> the boxes are plotted using boxplot() when I pass it a formula and a
> data.frame?  It seems that the groups are plotted in alphabetical
> order... I want to change this....

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