R/multiplot.R

In flaneuse/llamar: Plotting Functions and Styles for Livelihoods Analysis Work

#' Multiple plot function 
#' 
#' Plots multiple plots in the same plot window.
#' ggplot objects can be passed in ..., or to plotlist (as a list of ggplot objects)
#'
#' If the layout is something like matrix(c(1,2,3,3), nrow=2, byrow=TRUE),
#' then plot 1 will go in the upper left, 2 will go in the upper right, and
#' 3 will go all the way across the bottom.
#' From Winston Chang: \link{http://www.cookbook-r.com/Graphs/Multiple_graphs_on_one_page_(ggplot2)/}
#' @param cols Number of columns in layout
#' @param layout A matrix specifying the layout. If present, 'cols' is ignored.
#' @examples
#' ggplot(mtcars, aes(x = mpg, y = wt, colour = cyl)) + geom_point() + theme_xAxis()

# --------------------------------------------------

# 
multiplot <- function(..., plotlist = NULL, file, cols = 1, layout = NULL) {
    library(grid)
    
    # Make a list from the ... arguments and plotlist
    plots <- c(list(...), plotlist)
    
    numPlots = length(plots)
    
    # If layout is NULL, then use 'cols' to determine layout
    if (is.null(layout)) {
        # Make the panel ncol: Number of columns of plots nrow: Number of rows needed,
        # calculated from # of cols
        layout <- matrix(seq(1, cols * ceiling(numPlots/cols)), ncol = cols, nrow = ceiling(numPlots/cols))
    }
    
    if (numPlots == 1) {
        print(plots[[1]])
        
    } else {
        # Set up the page
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport(layout = grid.layout(nrow(layout), ncol(layout))))
        
        # Make each plot, in the correct location
        for (i in 1:numPlots) {
            # Get the i,j matrix positions of the regions that contain this subplot
            matchidx <- as.data.frame(which(layout == i, arr.ind = TRUE))
            
            print(plots[[i]], vp = viewport(layout.pos.row = matchidx$row, layout.pos.col = matchidx$col))
        }
    }
}