[R] ggplot2/qplot question regarding reducing the no. of x-axis labels

[Thomas Adams]

Dennis,

Thanks; that's just what I needed!

Regards,
Tom

Dennis Murphy wrote:
> Hi:
>
> ggplot2 works with dates of class date and times of class POSIXct.
> See scale_x_date(), which is discussed in section 6.4.2 of the ggplot2
> book.
>
> HTH,
> Dennis
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Thomas Adams <Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov 
> <mailto:Thomas.Adams at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
>     All:
>
>     I am using the command:
>     qplot(date,MAE,data=data,facets=INTERVAL~type) which works fine
>     except that the dates for my date axes are crunched together so
>     much that they are unreadable. I can not find an option that I can
>     set that will automatically reduce the x-axis labels to fit the
>     available space.
>
>     regards to all…
>
>     -- 
>     Thomas E Adams
>     National Weather Service
>     Ohio River Forecast Center
>     1901 South State Route 134
>     Wilmington, OH 45177
>
>     EMAIL:  thomas.adams at noaa.gov <mailto:thomas.adams at noaa.gov>
>
>     VOICE:  937-383-0528
>     FAX:    937-383-0033
>
>     ______________________________________________
>     R-help at r-project.org <mailto:R-help at 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.
>
>


-- 
Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

EMAIL:	thomas.adams at noaa.gov

VOICE:	937-383-0528
FAX:	937-383-0033