The patchwork package in R is
an extension of the ggplot2
package, designed to simplify the process of combining multiple
plots into a single layout.
This post showcases the
key features of patchwork and provides a
set of graph examples using the package.
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The patchwork package in R is an extension of the ggplot2
package, designed to simplify the process of combining multiple
plots into a single layout.
It offers a set of operators that make it easy to specify complex layouts in a human-readable way.
✍️ author → Thomas Lin Pedersen
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To get started with patchwork, you can install it
directly from CRAN using the install.packages function:
The patchwork package allows you to combine multiple
plots using simple arithmetic operators like
+, /, and |.
Here’s a basic example:
p1 <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_point(aes(mpg, disp))
p2 <- ggplot(mtcars) + geom_boxplot(aes(gear, disp, group = gear))
p1 + p2
