R ggplot2 Error Message: Cannot use with single argument (2 Examples)

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to avoid the error message “Cannot use `+.gg()` with a single argument” in R programming.

Preparing the Examples

data(iris)                                         # Loading iris
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 package

Example 1: Replicating the Error Message: Cannot use `+.gg()` with a single argument.

ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length))      # + sign at wrong position
+  geom_point()
# Error: Cannot use `+.gg()` with a single argument. Did you accidentally put + on a new line?
# Run `rlang::last_error()` to see where the error occurred.

Example 2: Solving the Error Message: Cannot use `+.gg()` with a single argument.

ggplot(iris, aes(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length)) +    # + sign at correct position
  geom_point()

r graph figure 1 r ggplot2 error message cannot use single argument

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