breaks_extended: Automatic breaks for numeric axes

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Automatic breaks for numeric axes

Description

Uses Wilkinson's extended breaks algorithm as implemented in the labeling package.

Usage

breaks_extended(n = 5, ...)

Arguments

n	Desired number of breaks. You may get slightly more or fewer breaks that requested.
...	other arguments passed on to labeling::extended()

References

Talbot, J., Lin, S., Hanrahan, P. (2010) An Extension of Wilkinson's Algorithm for Positioning Tick Labels on Axes, InfoVis 2010 http://vis.stanford.edu/files/2010-TickLabels-InfoVis.pdf.

Examples

demo_continuous(c(0, 10))
demo_continuous(c(0, 10), breaks = breaks_extended(3))
demo_continuous(c(0, 10), breaks = breaks_extended(10))

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