R Warning Message – Removed rows containing non-finite values (stat_bin) (2 Examples)

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

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
library("ggplot2")

install.packages("ggplot2") # Install & load ggplot2 library("ggplot2")

ggplot(iris,                       # Specifying xlim leads to warning
       aes(x = Sepal.Length)) +
  geom_histogram() +
  xlim(4, 7)
# Warning messages:
# 1: Removed 12 rows containing non-finite values (stat_bin). 
# 2: Removed 2 rows containing missing values (geom_bar).

ggplot(iris, # Specifying xlim leads to warning aes(x = Sepal.Length)) + geom_histogram() + xlim(4, 7) # Warning messages: # 1: Removed 12 rows containing non-finite values (stat_bin). # 2: Removed 2 rows containing missing values (geom_bar).

ggplot(iris,                       # Do not specify xlim function
       aes(x = Sepal.Length)) +    # Draw ggplot plot with manual xlim
  geom_histogram()

ggplot(iris, # Do not specify xlim function aes(x = Sepal.Length)) + # Draw ggplot plot with manual xlim geom_histogram()