Exploring Graphics

Base R

Scatter

histogram

ggplot2

Interactive (plotly)

p <- plot_ly(mlb,
  x = ~height,
  y = ~weight,
  name = "SF Zoo",
  type = "scatter"
)
p

No scatter mode specifed:
  Setting the mode to markers
  Read more about this attribute -> https://plot.ly/r/reference/#scatter-mode
Ignoring 1 observationsNo scatter mode specifed:
  Setting the mode to markers
  Read more about this attribute -> https://plot.ly/r/reference/#scatter-mode
Ignoring 1 observations

Interactive (dygraphs)

baro_ch <- read.csv2("https://datenservice.kof.ethz.ch/api/ts?keys=kofbarometer&mime=csv",
                     header=T,sep=",",
                     stringsAsFactors = F,
                     dec=".")
class(baro_ch)

[1] "data.frame"

head(baro_ch)

str(baro_ch)

'data.frame':   311 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ date        : chr  "1991-01" "1991-02" "1991-03" "1991-04" ...
 $ kofbarometer: num  86 86.6 87.2 93.6 97.9 ...

baro_ts <- ts(baro_ch$kofbarometer,
              start(1991,1),
              frequency = 12)
dygraph(baro_ts, main = "KOF Barometer") %>% 
  dyRangeSelector()

Error: could not find function "%>%"

Hacking dygraphs (Advanced Example)

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