[R] geom_boxplot

[Petr PIKAL]

Hi

In new ggplot2 version following works too

p + geom_boxplot(aes(fill = factor(cyl))) +
       labs(fill = "Cylinders") + ylab("Miles per Gallon")+xlab("Number of 
Cylinders")

Regards
Petr

> 
> Yes you can do all of the things you want. 
> 
> Below is a start, to give you an idea of how to approach some of it.
> ====================================================
> library(ggplot2)
> p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(cyl), mpg))
>  p  <-  p + geom_boxplot(aes(fill = factor(cyl))) +
>       labs(fill = "Cylinders")  +
>       scale_y_continuous("Miles per Gallon") +
>       scale_x_discrete("Number of Cylinders")
> p
> 
> ============================================================
> Have a look at 
ackoverflow.com/questions/3606697/how-to-set-x-axis-limits-
> in-ggplot2-r-plots for x and y axes limits. 
> 
> It took me a while to realise it but, generally, I find that it is not 
too
> hard to find examples of what you need by just googling something like 
> :ggplot2 set x and y limits  or ggplot2 geom_bar colour and so on. 
> 
> The ggplot2 and geom_XXX are pretty unique on the internet and search 
> results usually are not too bad. 
> 
> You may also want to subcribe to the ggplot2 group on google groups.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> 
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hannah.hlx at gmail.com
> > Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 08:39:20 -0400
> > To: r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] geom_boxplot
> > 
> > Also, it is possible to change "ylim" also?
> > 
> > 2012/7/1 li li <hannah.hlx at gmail.com>
> > 
> >> Dear all,
> >>   I have a few questions regarding the boxplot output from the
> >> "geom_boxplot" function.
> >> Attached is the output I get. Below are my questions:
> >> 
> >>   1. How can I define the xlab and ylab myself?
> >>  Also I would like to remove "factor(variable)"
> >> line on the right side.
> >> 
> >>   2. How can I define the colors of the boxplots myself.
> >>  For example, I want to use blue for
> >> "LR", green for "pair" and purple for "BR1".
> >>   Thanks so much!
> >>     Hannah
> >> 
> > 
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