Set y-Axis Limits of ggplot2 Boxplot in R (Example Code)
In this tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to set the y-axis limits of a boxplot in the R programming language.
Preparing the Example
data(iris) # Loading 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) # Loading 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, # Drawing a ggplot2 boxplot with default settings aes(x = Species, y = Sepal.Length)) + geom_boxplot() my_plot |
my_plot <- ggplot(iris, # Drawing a ggplot2 boxplot with default settings aes(x = Species, y = Sepal.Length)) + geom_boxplot() my_plot
Example: Set y-Axis Limits of ggplot2 Boxplot Manually
my_plot + # Specifying y-axis scales manually ylim(0, 10) |
my_plot + # Specifying y-axis scales manually ylim(0, 10)
Related Tutorials & Further Resources
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