Making plot functions with ggplot and aes_string

Question

In Hadley Wickham\'s ggplot2 book in chapter 10.3, he alludes to making plot functions. I want to make many similar plots that use faceting, but I cannot r

Answer 1

Here are some alternatives using new features from ggplot2 V3.0.0

Using strings :

flowerPlot <- function(dat, sl, sw, pl, sp){
  ggplot(data=dat, aes(x=!!ensym(sl), y=!!ensym(sw), color=!!ensym(pl))) + 
    geom_point() +
    facet_wrap(eval(expr(~!!ensym(sp))))
}

flowerPlot(iris, sl='Sepal.Length', sw='Sepal.Width', pl='Petal.Length', sp = 'Species')

Using names :

flowerPlot2 <- function(dat, sl, sw, pl, sp){
  ggplot(data=dat, aes(x=!!enquo(sl), y=!!enquo(sw), color=!!enquo(pl))) + 
    geom_point() +
    facet_wrap(eval(expr(~!!enquo(sp))))
}

flowerPlot2(iris, sl= Sepal.Length, sw=Sepal.Width, pl=Petal.Length, sp = Species)