Increasing the distance in ggplot

Question

ggplot(data = sortmax, aes(x = Date, y = price, colour = Grade)) +geom_line(aes(group = Grade)) + geom_point()

I have five different graphs for five different grades . All the graphs are intersecting and over writing each other because of common values of price on y axis. How can I increase the distance between all these graphs ?

Help us help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example — Brandon Bertelsen, Aug 13 '14 at 17:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '14 at 17:19

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It will be useful if you can post output of command: dput(sortmax)

You can try separating the graphs completely by using facet_grid:

ggplot(data = sortmax, aes(x = Date, y = price, color=Grade)) +
    geom_line() +
    geom_point()+
    facet_grid(Grade ~ .)

answered Aug 13 '14 at 17:19

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using facet_grid(Grade ~ .) throws error message "At least one layer must contain all variables used for facetting" . I cannot show output because I dont have reputation of 10 . I am very new – user3923765 Aug 13 '14 at 17:33
`dput(sortmax)` returns text, you'll be able to include it in your question. – Brandon Bertelsen Aug 13 '14 at 17:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '14 at 03:29

If you group your data only by one variable, you can also use facet_wrap. If 5 different Grade result in a too wide plot you can choose to add nrow or ncol (number of rows/columns) argument to adjust the final layout

Variant of rnso answer:

ggplot(data = sortmax, aes(x = Date, y = price, color=Grade)) +
    geom_line() +
    geom_point()+
    facet_wrap(~Grade,nrow=2)

Increasing the distance in ggplot

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