ggplot2 line plot order

Question

I have a series of ordered points as shown below:

However when I try to connec

Answer 1

geom_path() will join points in the original order, so you can order your data in the way you want it joined, and then just do + geom_path(). Here's some dummy data:

dat <- data.frame(x = sample(1:10), y = sample(1:10), order = sample(1:10))
ggplot(dat[order(dat$order),], aes(x, y)) + geom_point() + geom_text(aes(y = y + 0.25,label = order)) +
  geom_path()