discrete_scale: Discrete scale constructor

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Discrete scale constructor

Description

Discrete scale constructor

Usage

discrete_scale(
  aesthetics,
  scale_name = deprecated(),
  palette,
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  na.translate = TRUE,
  na.value = NA,
  drop = TRUE,
  guide = "legend",
  position = "left",
  call = caller_call(),
  super = ScaleDiscrete
)

Arguments

aesthetics	The names of the aesthetics that this scale works with.
scale_name	The name of the scale that should be used for error messages associated with this scale.
palette	A palette function that when called with a single integer argument (the number of levels in the scale) returns the values that they should take (e.g., scales::pal_hue()).
name	The name of the scale. Used as the axis or legend title. If waiver(), the default, the name of the scale is taken from the first mapping used for that aesthetic. If NULL, the legend title will be omitted.
breaks	One of: NULL for no breaks waiver() for the default breaks (the scale limits) A character vector of breaks A function that takes the limits as input and returns breaks as output. Also accepts rlang lambda function notation.
labels	One of: NULL for no labels waiver() for the default labels computed by the transformation object A character vector giving labels (must be same length as breaks) An expression vector (must be the same length as breaks). See ?plotmath for details. A function that takes the breaks as input and returns labels as output. Also accepts rlang lambda function notation.
limits	One of: NULL to use the default scale values A character vector that defines possible values of the scale and their order A function that accepts the existing (automatic) values and returns new ones. Also accepts rlang lambda function notation.
expand	For position scales, a vector of range expansion constants used to add some padding around the data to ensure that they are placed some distance away from the axes. Use the convenience function expansion() to generate the values for the expand argument. The defaults are to expand the scale by 5% on each side for continuous variables, and by 0.6 units on each side for discrete variables.
na.translate	Unlike continuous scales, discrete scales can easily show missing values, and do so by default. If you want to remove missing values from a discrete scale, specify na.translate = FALSE.
na.value	If na.translate = TRUE, what aesthetic value should the missing values be displayed as? Does not apply to position scales where NA is always placed at the far right.
drop	Should unused factor levels be omitted from the scale? The default, TRUE, uses the levels that appear in the data; FALSE includes the levels in the factor. Please note that to display every level in a legend, the layer should use show.legend = TRUE.
guide	A function used to create a guide or its name. See guides() for more information.
position	For position scales, The position of the axis. left or right for y axes, top or bottom for x axes.
call	The call used to construct the scale for reporting messages.
super	The super class to use for the constructed scale

See Also

The new scales section of the online ggplot2 book.

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