how to re-arrange weekdays in r

To rearrange weekdays in R, you can follow these steps:

  1. Create a vector of weekdays: Start by creating a vector that contains the weekdays you want to rearrange. For example, you can use the weekdays() function to generate a vector of weekdays based on a specific date range.
weekdays_vector <- weekdays(seq(as.Date("2023-01-01"), as.Date("2023-12-31"), by = "day"))
  1. Define the desired order: Next, define the desired order of the weekdays. You can do this by creating a character vector that specifies the new order of the weekdays. For example, if you want to rearrange the weekdays so that Sunday comes first, followed by Monday, Tuesday, and so on, you can define the order like this:
new_order <- c("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday")
  1. Reorder the weekdays: Use the factor() function to reorder the weekdays based on the new order you defined. This function converts the vector of weekdays into a factor with the specified levels (i.e., the new order).
reordered_weekdays <- factor(weekdays_vector, levels = new_order)
  1. Check the new order: You can use the table() function to check the frequency of each weekday in the reordered vector. This will confirm that the weekdays have been rearranged according to the desired order.
table(reordered_weekdays)

The output of the table() function will display the frequency of each weekday in the reordered vector, confirming that the weekdays have been rearranged according to the new order.

That's it! By following these steps, you can rearrange weekdays in R.