Draw Additional Minor Tick Marks without Labels in ggplot2 Plot in R (Example Code)
This article explains how to draw additional minor tick marks without labels in a ggplot2 plot in R.
Setting up the Example
data(iris) # Load example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa |
data(iris) # Load example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2") |
install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2")
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Default axis tick marks aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width)) + geom_point() my_plot |
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Default axis tick marks aes(x = Sepal.Length, y = Sepal.Width)) + geom_point() my_plot
Example: Adding Tick Marks without Labels to ggplot2 Plot
my_plot + # Add further tick marks on y-axis scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(2, 5, by = 0.2), labels = c(2, rep("", 4), 3, rep("", 4), 4, rep("", 4), 5)) |
my_plot + # Add further tick marks on y-axis scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(2, 5, by = 0.2), labels = c(2, rep("", 4), 3, rep("", 4), 4, rep("", 4), 5))
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