[R] Recombining Mon and Year values

[Jeff Newmiller]

I don't use lubridate, but that package works with Date and POSIXt types, which I do use. Just remember to include a day when converting (1st of month is typical), and use an output format to hide the day when you plot.

On May 16, 2023 1:29:27 PM PDT, Jeff Reichman <reichmanj using sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>I have a data.frame where I've broken out the year <dbl> and an ordered
>month <ord> values. But I need to recombine them so I can graph mon-year in
>order but when I recombine I lose the month order and the results are
>plotted alphabetical.
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>Year        month  mon_year            
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><dbl>     <ord> 
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>2021     Mar        Mar-2021
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>2021     Jan         Jan-2021
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>2021     Apr         Apr-2021
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>So do I need to convert the months back to an integer then recombine to
>plot.
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>Jeff Reichman
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