R Data Science Quick Reference: A Pocket Guide to APIs, Libraries, and Packages

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Thomas MailundR Data Science Quick Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4894-2_12

12. Plotting: ggplot2

Thomas Mailund¹ 

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Aarhus, Denmark

 

The ggplot2 package contains a vast number of functions for creating a wide variety of plots. It would take an entire book to cover it all—there are already several that cover it—so I cannot attempt this here. In this chapter, I will only try to give you a flavor of how the package works.

The ggplot2 package is loaded when you load tidyverse, but you can always include it on its own using

library(ggplot2)

The Basic Plotting Components in ggplot2

Unlike in R’s base graphics, with ggplot2 you do not create individual plot components by drawing lines, points, or whatever you need onto a ...