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loop for multiple ggplot and arrange them in the rows and columns you wish for
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###########################Header############################################## | |
# title : multiggplot.R; | |
# purpose : create muti histogram of all varibles in the dataset; | |
# producer : prepared by S. Jaisong ([email protected]); | |
# last update : in Los Baños, Laguna, PHL, April 2015; | |
# inputs : "airquality" data from R; | |
# outputs : exaple.pdf; | |
# remarks 1 : ; | |
# remarks 2 : ; | |
###############################End############################################# | |
#==== Start loading the packages | |
library(reshape) | |
library(reshape2) | |
library(ggplot2) | |
library(gridExtra) | |
#===== End loading the packages ============= | |
#==> what is your dataframe | |
dat <- airquality # what is your data frame that you want to plot the graphs | |
#======================================================================== | |
varnames <- names(dat) # creat the list of variables of you data frame | |
m.dat <- melt(dat) | |
names(m.dat) | |
#============== loop for create multiple graphs of each variable in the data frame | |
i <- 1 | |
out <- NULL # crerate the list for saving the output file from the ggplot | |
for(i in 1:length(varnames)) { | |
temp <- subset(m.dat, variable %in% varnames[i]) | |
p <- ggplot(temp, aes(x = value)) + | |
geom_histogram(stat = "bin") + ggtitle(paste("Histogram of", varnames[i], sep = " ")) | |
dev.new() | |
print(p) | |
out[[i]] <- p | |
} | |
pdf(file = "example.pdf", width = 20, height = 15) # define the name of outout graphs | |
g <- grid.arrange(out[[1]], | |
out[[2]], | |
out[[3]], | |
out[[4]], | |
nrow = 2 # layout graphs 2 rows | |
) | |
dev.off() |
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