xlim {ggplot2}R Documentation

Convenience functions to set the limits of the x and y axis.

Description

Observations not in this range will be dropped completely and not passed to any other layers. If a NA value is substituted for one of the limits that limit is automatically calculated.

Usage

xlim(...)

ylim(...)

Arguments

...

if numeric, will create a continuous scale, if factor or character, will create a discrete scale.

See Also

For changing x or y axis limits without dropping data observations, see coord_cartesian.

Examples

# xlim
xlim(15, 20)
xlim(20, 15)
xlim(c(10, 20))
xlim("a", "b", "c")
qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars) + xlim(15, 20)
# with automatic lower limit
qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars) + xlim(NA, 20)

# ylim
ylim(15, 20)
ylim(c(10, 20))
ylim("a", "b", "c")
qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars) + ylim(0, 4)
# with automatic upper limit
qplot(mpg, wt, data=mtcars) + ylim(0, NA)
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