r - Ordering of bars in ggplot -

i have looked through answers in forum cannot seem find answer specific problem. have following data , want create bar chart bars ordered largest smallest in terms of "value", rather having them in alphabetical order:

breadth_data <- read.table(textconnection("stakeholder  value 'grantseekers'  0.90 'donors'    0.89 'community' 0.55 'hurricane relief fund' 0.24 'media' 0.19 'employment seekers'    0.12 'affiliates'    0.10 'youth' 0.09 'women' 0.02 'former board members'  0.01"), header=true) 

then basic bar chart:

c <- ggplot(breadth_data, aes(x=stakeholder, y=value)) c + geom_bar(stat="identity") + coord_flip() + scale_y_continuous('') + scale_x_discrete('') 

i have tried many of different reorderings , transformations i've seen on stackoverflow cannot seem find 1 works. sure simple, appreciate help!

thanks,

greg

you want function reorder():

breadth_data <- transform(breadth_data,                            stakeholder = reorder(stakeholder, value)) 

which gives:

if want them other way round, easy way use order() on value inside reorder() call:

breadth_data <- transform(breadth_data,                           stakeholder = reorder(stakeholder,                                                  order(value, decreasing = true)))