How to Fix the Aspect Ratio of a ggplot2 Graph in R (2 Examples)
In this article, I’ll illustrate how to use the coord_fixed function to set a fixed aspect ratio in the R programming language.
Setting up the Examples
data(iris) # Load and inspect head of iris 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 ggplot2 package library("ggplot2") # Load ggplot2 |
ggp <- ggplot(data, aes(x, y)) + # ggplot2 plot of iris geom_point() ggp # Draw scatterplot of iris |
Example 1: Fixing the Aspect Ratio of a ggplot2 Graph with coord_fixed
ggp + coord_fixed() # Using coord_fixed |
Example 2: Fixing the Aspect Ratio of a ggplot2 Graph with coord_fixed & ratio
ggp + coord_fixed(ratio = 5) # Using coord_fixed & ratio argument |
