eeplot - eeplot: a convenience function to save ggplot figures

Description¶

This function takes a ggplot, and saves it in an .RData file in the outdir directory. It returns the same input p with an additional field,enchantr, with an html_caption that can be used in html reports, to provide a download link to the figure file.

Usage¶

eeplot(p, outdir = NULL, file = NULL, caption = NULL, ...)

Arguments¶

p

ggplot figure

outdir

directory where the output file will be saved.

file

filename. If null, p will be used.

caption

catption for the image. Will be updated to add the path to the output file.

…

Additional objects to be save in the same output file

Examples¶

diamonds_plot <- ggplot(ggplot2::diamonds, aes(carat)) + geom_histogram() +
labs(title = "Title of the plot",
subtitle = "Subtitle of the plot",
caption = "This is the caption")

Error in ggplot(ggplot2::diamonds, aes(carat)): could not find function “ggplot”

p <- eeplot(diamonds_plot, outdir=tempdir(), file="diamonds-plot")

Error in eeplot(diamonds_plot, outdir = tempdir(), file = “diamonds-plot”): object ‘diamonds_plot’ not found

p

Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object ‘p’ not found

p$enchantr$html_caption

Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos): object ‘p’ not found