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Message-ID: <88AC0349-9F22-4523-8287-7BF3BCE4011B@dcn.davis.ca.us>
Date: 2019-01-17T23:03:00Z
From: Jeff Newmiller
Subject: Colors on box plots in ggplot
In-Reply-To: <CACftpvrMeVo4GwCZorZtK2hkrfr32rnvD31_RgSyOst+uqS4Hw@mail.gmail.com>

I see you creating a variable p, evaluating and printing a modified version of that variable, and then printing that variable (presumably overwriting the first plot). Are you executing your code one line at a time when troubleshooting?

On January 17, 2019 2:32:51 PM PST, David Doyle <kydaviddoyle at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to set different boxes to different colors the following
>page
>shows
>http://www.sthda.com/english/wiki/ggplot2-box-plot-quick-start-guide-r-software-and-data-visualization
>
>
>I've tried the code
>ToothGrowth$dose <- as.factor(ToothGrowth$dose)
>head(ToothGrowth)
>library(ggplot2)
># Basic box plot
>p <- ggplot(ToothGrowth, aes(x=dose, y=len))  +
>  geom_boxplot()
>p+scale_color_manual(values=c("#999999", "#E69F00", "#56B4E9"))
>p
>
>But still can not get the colors to show up.  I'm sure it is something
>simple I'm doing wrong and would appreciate help.
>
>Thank you in advance
>David
>
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