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Create intervals of missing labels for ggplot2 charts

Source: R/skip_label.R
skip_label.Rd

[Maturing]

skip_label() is a utility function that creates intervals of missing labels for ggplot2 charts. This is useful when you have a large number of labels in a axis and you want to remove some of them.

Use this function in the label argument of functions like scale_x_continuous() or scale_y_discrete().

Usage

skip_label(x, type = "even")

Arguments

x

A character vector of labels

type

(Optional) A character string with the type of labels to remove. Possible values are "even", "odd" and "one" (Default: "even").

Value

A character vector of labels with some them missing ("").

Examples

skip_label(x = 0:5, type = "even")
#> [1] "0" ""  "2" ""  "4" "" 
#> [1] "0" ""  "2" ""  "4" "" # Expected

skip_label(x = 0:5, type = "odd")
#> [1] ""  "1" ""  "3" ""  "5"
#> [1] ""  "1" ""  "3" ""  "5" # Expected

skip_label(x = 0:5, type = "one")
#> [1] "0" "1" ""  "3" "4" "" 
#> [1] "0" "1" ""  "3" "4" "" # Expected