Perfect. Can't believe I failed to find that! Thanks, as ever, Rui ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rui Barradas" <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> > To: "Chris Evans" <chrish...@psyctc.org>, R-help@r-project.org > Sent: Sunday, 10 January, 2021 18:10:16 > Subject: Re: [R] How to avoid ggplot clipping the x axis [damn, replaces > previous Email]
> Hello, > > You are almost there. > > With scale_x_continuous use argument limits. > > > ggplot(dat = tibDat, > aes(x = x, y = y)) + > geom_point() + > scale_x_continuous(breaks = 1:6, labels = 1:6, > limits = c(1, 6)) > > > And with xlim it's not a vector c(1, 6), it's each element on its own: > > xlim(1, 6) > > > Or > > lims(x = c(1, 6)) > > > But with these two, the labels are not like you want them, they are 2 by 2. > > Hope this helps, > > Rui Barradas > > Às 10:34 de 10/01/21, Chris Evans escreveu: >> [I must try to remember that swapping between Rstudio and my Emailer is a >> recipe >> for hitting ctrl-enter and posting prematurely: sorry!] >> >> I am sure I am doing something stupid but I can't see what. I am plotting >> data >> and want the x axis labels to reflect the theoretical range of the x variable >> which happens to be 1:6 but the observed values have range 2.6 to 5.9. >> >> I thought xlim(c(1,6)) should have got me that quite simply but it doesn't. I >> think this is a reproducible example of my failures (!) >> library(tidyverse) >> library(ggplot2) >> x <- seq(2,5.8,.2) >> list(x = x, >> y = rnorm(length(x))) %>% >> as_tibble() -> tibDat >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> xlim(c(1,6)) >> # x labels on plot are 2, 4 & 6 >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> expand_limits(x = c(1,6)) >> # same >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> scale_x_continuous(breaks = 1:6, labels = 1:6) >> # x labelled at 2:5 (why?!) >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> xlim(c(1,6)) + >> coord_cartesian(clip = "off") >> # back to 2, 4, 6 >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> xlim(c(1,6)) + >> coord_cartesian(expand = TRUE) >> # same >> >> ### OK, getting desperately hopeful >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> xlim(c(0,6)) >> # x axis has 0, 2, 4 and 6 (surely inconsistent behaviour?) >> >> ggplot(dat = tibDat, >> aes(x = x, y = y)) + >> geom_point() + >> xlim(c(0.1,6)) >> # x axis has 0, 2, 4 and 6 >> >> Can anyone see the simple answer that is eluding me?! >> >> TIA, >> >> Chris >> -- Small contribution in our coronavirus rigours: https://www.coresystemtrust.org.uk/home/free-options-to-replace-paper-core-forms-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ Chris Evans <ch...@psyctc.org> Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield <chris.ev...@sheffield.ac.uk> I do some consultation work for the University of Roehampton <chris.ev...@roehampton.ac.uk> and other places but <ch...@psyctc.org> remains my main Email address. I have a work web site at: https://www.psyctc.org/psyctc/ and a site I manage for CORE and CORE system trust at: http://www.coresystemtrust.org.uk/ I have "semigrated" to France, see: https://www.psyctc.org/pelerinage2016/semigrating-to-france/ https://www.psyctc.org/pelerinage2016/register-to-get-updates-from-pelerinage2016/ If you want an Emeeting, I am trying to keep them to Thursdays and my diary is at: https://www.psyctc.org/pelerinage2016/ceworkdiary/ Beware: French time, generally an hour ahead of UK. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
