print.ggplot: Explicitly draw plot

In duthedd/ggplot2: Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics

Description

Generally, you do not need to print or plot a ggplot2 plot explicitly: the default top-level print method will do it for you. You will, however, need to call print() explicitly if you want to draw a plot inside a function or for loop.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'ggplot'
print(x, newpage = is.null(vp), vp = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'ggplot'
plot(x, newpage = is.null(vp), vp = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x	plot to display
newpage	draw new (empty) page first?
vp	viewport to draw plot in
...	other arguments not used by this method

Value

Invisibly returns the result of ggplot_build, which is a list with components that contain the plot itself, the data, information about the scales, panels etc.

Examples

colours <- list(~class, ~drv, ~fl)

# Doesn't seem to do anything!
for (colour in colours) {
  ggplot(mpg, aes_(~ displ, ~ hwy, colour = colour)) +
    geom_point()
}

# Works when we explicitly print the plots
for (colour in colours) {
  print(ggplot(mpg, aes_(~ displ, ~ hwy, colour = colour)) +
    geom_point())
}

duthedd/ggplot2 documentation built on May 20, 2019, 11:13 a.m.