[R] GGplot controlling point size across range

[Jeff Newmiller]

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B) proper protocol here is to provide a reproducible example including sample data that we can run. See the posting guide mentioned at the end of every message.

C) create a factor (perhaps using the cut function) in your original data set, before subsetting. Use that factor to set your sizes in all your graphs.

D) you might want to try using a factor that indicates which data goes in each plot and use facet wrap on your whole data set to put all the plots together.
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Darran King <darran.king at csiro.au> wrote:

>Hi all
>
>New to R and GGplot2 but loving the potential. I am trying to plot four
>separate point plots by looping over the data and plotting a different
>subset each time.
>
>When I plot the data as a point plot, the size of the points is
>determined
>by the data values used as below 
>
>qplot(accum_rain, accum_g_radn, data = clim_sub[[i]], size = avgyld,
>colour
>= avgyld)
>
>The problem is that i want all four plots to be comparable, so a point
>size
>representing avgyld = 2000 should be the same on all four plots.
>However as
>the data for some plots has a smaller range than others and the plots
>are
>automatically scalling to the range of data in each plot, and the
>largest
>point is always assigned to the largest value a plot with a top value
>of say
>5000 with be represented with the same size point as a plot with a top
>value
>of 7000.
>
>Any tips on how to scale the point sizes to a defined range of classes
>and
>still plot the actual data to those classes?
>
>
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