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scale_date

Position scales for date/time data

Description

These are the default scales for the three date/time class. These will usually be added automatically. To override manually, use scale_*_date for dates (class Date), scale_*_datetime for datetimes (class POSIXct), and scale_*_time for times (class hms).

Usage

scale_x_date(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  date_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  date_labels = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  date_minor_breaks = waiver(),
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "bottom",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

scale_y_date(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  date_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  date_labels = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  date_minor_breaks = waiver(),
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "left",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

scale_x_datetime(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  date_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  date_labels = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  date_minor_breaks = waiver(),
  timezone = NULL,
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "bottom",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

scale_y_datetime(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  date_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  date_labels = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  date_minor_breaks = waiver(),
  timezone = NULL,
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "left",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

scale_x_time(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  oob = censor,
  na.value = NA_real_,
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "bottom",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

scale_y_time(
  name = waiver(),
  breaks = waiver(),
  minor_breaks = waiver(),
  labels = waiver(),
  limits = NULL,
  expand = waiver(),
  oob = censor,
  na.value = NA_real_,
  guide = waiver(),
  position = "left",
  sec.axis = waiver()
)

Arguments

`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 breaks specified by `date_breaks` A `Date`/`POSIXct` vector giving positions of breaks A function that takes the limits as input and returns breaks as output
`date_breaks`	A string giving the distance between breaks like "2 weeks", or "10 years". If both `breaks` and `date_breaks` are specified, `date_breaks` wins.
`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`) A function that takes the breaks as input and returns labels as output
`date_labels`	A string giving the formatting specification for the labels. Codes are defined in `strftime()`. If both `labels` and `date_labels` are specified, `date_labels` wins.
`minor_breaks`	One of: `NULL` for no breaks `waiver()` for the breaks specified by `date_minor_breaks` A `Date`/`POSIXct` vector giving positions of minor breaks A function that takes the limits as input and returns minor breaks as output
`date_minor_breaks`	A string giving the distance between minor breaks like "2 weeks", or "10 years". If both `minor_breaks` and `date_minor_breaks` are specified, `date_minor_breaks` wins.
`limits`	One of: `NULL` to use the default scale range A numeric vector of length two providing limits of the scale. Use `NA` to refer to the existing minimum or maximum A function that accepts the existing (automatic) limits and returns new limits Note that setting limits on positional scales will remove data outside of the limits. If the purpose is to zoom, use the limit argument in the coordinate system (see `coord_cartesian()`).
`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.
`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.
`sec.axis`	`sec_axis()` is used to specify a secondary axis.
`timezone`	The timezone to use for display on the axes. The default (`NULL`) uses the timezone encoded in the data.
`oob`	One of: Function that handles limits outside of the scale limits (out of bounds). The default (`scales::censor()`) replaces out of bounds values with `NA`. `scales::squish()` for squishing out of bounds values into range. `scales::squish_infinite()` for squishing infinite values into range.
`na.value`	Missing values will be replaced with this value.

Examples

last_month <- Sys.Date() - 0:29
df <- data.frame(
  date = last_month,
  price = runif(30)
)
base <- ggplot(df, aes(date, price)) +
  geom_line()

# The date scale will attempt to pick sensible defaults for
# major and minor tick marks. Override with date_breaks, date_labels
# date_minor_breaks arguments.
base + scale_x_date(date_labels = "%b %d")
base + scale_x_date(date_breaks = "1 week", date_labels = "%W")
base + scale_x_date(date_minor_breaks = "1 day")

# Set limits
base + scale_x_date(limits = c(Sys.Date() - 7, NA))

ggplot2

Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics

v3.3.3

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Hadley Wickham [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4757-117X>), Winston Chang [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-2126>), Lionel Henry [aut], Thomas Lin Pedersen [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-4711>), Kohske Takahashi [aut], Claus Wilke [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-9261>), Kara Woo [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-4188>), Hiroaki Yutani [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3385-7233>), Dewey Dunnington [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-4582>), RStudio [cph, fnd]

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