How to reorder a categorical axis?

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Zhe Dong
Zhe Dong 2023-3-14
编辑： Zhe Dong 2023-3-15
I am ploting a set of values aginst an categorical array, however the the categorical axis always appears in the alphabetical order, how can I control the order it appears?
here's an example
x = categorical({'a','b','c','d','e'});
y = [1:5];
scatter(x,y);
how do I plot y aginst x so the x-axis appears in a non-alphabetical order, like b-e-d-a-c.
thanks!

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Dave B
Dave B 2023-3-14
编辑：Dave B 2023-3-14
Ran in:
Three options to change the order, depending on where you want to change it:
Option 1: You can use reordercats to re-order the categories:
x = categorical({'a','b','c','d','e'});
y = 1:5;
orderedx = reordercats(x,{'b' 'e' 'd' 'a' 'c'});
scatter(orderedx ,y);
Or you can pass in the order as an input to categorical:
x = categorical({'a','b','c','d','e'}, {'b' 'e' 'd' 'a' 'c'});
y = 1:5;
scatter(x,y);
Or you can change the order on the axes using the Categories property of the CategoricalRuler:
x = categorical({'a','b','c','d','e'});
y = 1:5;
scatter(x,y);
xaxis=get(gca,'XAxis');
xaxis.Categories={'b' 'e' 'd' 'a' 'c'};
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VBBV
VBBV 2023-3-15
编辑：VBBV 2023-3-15
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% Fourth option is you can use find to get indices for array and pass it to
% xticklabels
x = categorical({'a','b','c','d','e'});
new_x = {'b','e','d','a','c'};
for k = 1:length(x)
idx(k) = find(new_x(k) == x);
end
y = 1:5;
scatter(x,y(idx));
xticklabels(x(idx))
% strange output using scatter
x(idx)
ans = 1×5 categorical array
b e d a c
% even though idx values are substituted, when i use it scatter function
% it still retains old order
scatter(x(idx),y(idx))

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