check the following:
a <- factor(sample(letters[1:4], 50, TRUE))
freqs <- table(a)
ind <- order(freqs, decreasing = TRUE)
# reorder the frequencies in the table
freqs[ind]
# reorder the levels of the factor
levels(a) <- names(freqs)[ind]
table(a)
I hope it helps.
Best,
Dimitris
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Catholic University of Leuven
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kunzler, Andreas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <r-help@r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:59 AM
Subject: [R] Table orderd by frequencies
Dear List,
I try to order the output of a table by the frequencies of the
vector I
am look at.
The object I am looking at is a factor with a lot of levels that
were
named only once.
Therefore it would be much easier to order the output by the
frequencies
of the levels.
E.g.
levels(a)
"a" "b" "c" "d"
Preferred outcome:
table(a)
b c a d
10 5 1 1
Thank you
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