Hadley, Thanks for the pointing that error out to me. Unfortunately, revising my code to:
p <- ggplot2(~, aes(x = ~, y = ~, colour = Type)) + geom_line(aes(colour = Type), position = 'stack') still does not generate what I'm after. I'm essentially after a line plot where each 'Type' ('series' in excel lingo) is stacked in an analogous fashion to a stacked area chart (i.e. geom_area(aes(Fill = Type), position = 'stack')) - again using lines rather than areas though. This chart should look just like a stacked area chart, however rather than each 'layer' (representing a given 'Type') being filled with a colour, each layer should have just a coloured line representing its values. Summing each line vertically for a given value on the x-axis across all the layers (i.e. 'Types') should then give the total y value for that x value (just like vertically summing an area chart). Really all I'm after is a stacked area chart where the fill for each 'Type' has been removed, leaving only a line for each (stacked) Type's value... I hope this is somewhat clear! Many thanks, Liam On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:53 AM, hadley wickham <h.wick...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Liam, > > Your syntax is a little off. You want: > > p <- ggplot2(~, aes(x = ~, y = ~, colour = Type)) + > geom_area(aes(fill = Type), position = 'stack') > > Position isn't an aesthetic. > > Hadley > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Liam Blanckenberg > <liam.blanckenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have been hunting around for hours trying to figure out how to >> generate a stacked line chart using ggplot2. This type of chart can be >> generated in excel 2007 by selecting: Chart type > Line > Stacked >> line. I can generate a stacked area chart using the following code: >> >> p <- ggplot2(~, aes(x = ~, y = ~, colour = Type)) + >> geom_area(aes(position = 'stack', fill = Type)) >> >> However, when I try and replicate this using the following code for >> geom_line: >> >> p <- ggplot(~, aes(x = ~, y = ~, colour = Type)) + >> geom_line(aes(position = 'stack')) >> >> the resulting plot is not stacked - i.e. each 'Type' is plotted at its >> actual value rather than cumulatively to form a stacked chart... I >> have poured through Hadley's ggplot2 book (ggplot2: elegant graphics >> for data analysis), the R help list and also done general google >> searching but cannot find a way to generate this type of plot. >> >> R version: 2.9.2 >> ggplot2 version: 0.8.5 >> OS: windows 7 (64-bit). >> >> Any suggestions or assistance would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Liam >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> 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. >> > > > > -- > http://had.co.nz/ > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.