I think the issue is that the x axis is a factor. How would ggplot2 know which ones to drop? So it labels them all. If I do the following, the labels get better: pp = qplot(time, error, data=times, size=I(1), geom="jitter", main=title, ylab="Error (min)", xlab="Time before ON (min)", alpha=I(1/10), ylim=c(-30,40)) pp2 = pp + with(times, facet_wrap(~ runway, ncol=2)) + scale_x_discrete( breaks = c("0", "5", "10", "15","20","25","30","35","40","45","50","55","60"), labels=c("0", "5", "10", "15","20","25","30","35","40","45","50","55","60")) print(pp2 + geom_boxplot(alpha=.5, color="blue", outlier.colour="green", outlier.size=1))
But this ruins the boxplot--I get one box instead of a box at every minute. On 6/8/2011 3:59 PM, Ista Zahn wrote: Hi James, It's hard for me to see where the problem might be. Please post the data using dput() or even better, make a simplified example that illustrates the problem without all the other stuff going on. Chances are that in the process of making a simplified example you will find the problem yourself. Best, Ista On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:41 PM, James Rome <jamesr...@passur.com> wrote: > I actually tried that, and get the same plot if I am using it properly: > > title=paste("Fitted RETA predictions for ", airport, " the week of > ", date, sep="") > pp = qplot(time, error, data=times, size=I(1), geom="jitter", > main=title, > ylab="Error (min)", xlab="Time before ON (min)", alpha=I(1/10), > color=times$runway, > ylim=c(-30,40)) > pp2 = pp + with(times, facet_wrap(~ runway, ncol=2)) > + scale_x_discrete(breaks = seq(from=0, to=60, by=5), > labels=seq(from=0, to=60, by=5)) > print(pp2 + geom_boxplot(alpha=.5, color="blue", > outlier.colour="green", outlier.size=1)) > > The x-axis is unchanged. > > Thanks, > Jim > On 6/8/2011 3:31 PM, Ista Zahn wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > See ?scale_x_discrete > > Best, > Ista > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM, James Rome <jamesr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am using ggplot2 to make a boxplot that overlays a scatterplot: >> pp = qplot(time, error, data=times, size=I(1), geom="jitter", main=title, >> ylab="Error (min)", xlab="Time before ON (min)", alpha=I(1/10), >> color=times$runway, >> ylim=c(-30,40)) >> pp2 = pp + with(times, facet_wrap(~ runway, ncol=2)) >> print(pp2 + geom_boxplot(alpha=.5, color="blue", >> outlier.colour="green", outlier.size=1)) >> The x variable is a factor for every minute from 0:60. My problem is >> that ggplot2 labels every factor value on the x axis, and they overlap. >> How can I make ggplot2 label only, say every 5th factor value on the x axis? >> >> Thanks, >> Jim >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > >
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