ggplot2 Warning in R: Removed rows containing missing values (Example Code)

This page illustrates how to deal with the warning “Removed X rows containing missing values” in the R programming language.

Preparing the Example

data(iris)                     # 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 package
library("ggplot2")
my_plot <- ggplot(iris,        # Draw ggplot2 with default axes
                  aes(Sepal.Length,
                      Petal.Length)) +
  geom_line()
my_plot

r graph figure 1 ggplot2 warning r removed rows containing missing values

Example: Replicate Warning – Removed X rows containing missing values

my_plot +                      # Manually set axis limits (cut-off values)
  scale_x_continuous(limits = c(4.5, 6))
# Warning message:
#   Removed 65 row(s) containing missing values (geom_path).

r graph figure 2 ggplot2 warning r removed rows containing missing values

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