Using legend with stat_function in ggplot2

Question

I am using scale_colour_manual to specify the possible keys in the legend. However, if I use stat_function to plot custom function, the legend is missing.

Any ideas why this happen?

library(ggplot2)

MyFun <- function(x, p) {
  res <- x^(1 / p)
  return(res)
}

my.df <-data.frame(x = c(0,1))
plt <- ggplot(my.df, aes(x=x)) +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 10), colour = "red") +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 3), colour = "blue") +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 2), colour = "green") +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 1), colour = "orange") +
  scale_colour_manual(values = c("red", "blue", "green", "orange"))

print(plt)

Answer 1

Put colour= inside the aes() and then provide name for particular line as is should appear in legend. Legend is made for aesthetics that are only inside aes() call.

ggplot(my.df, aes(x=x)) +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 10), aes(colour = "line1")) +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 3), aes(colour = "line2")) +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 2), aes(colour = "line3")) +
  stat_function(fun = MyFun, n = 1000, args = list(p = 1), aes(colour = "line4")) +
  scale_colour_manual("Lgend title", values = c("red", "blue", "green", "orange"))