Side-by-side plots with ggplot2

Question

I would like to place two plots side by side using the ggplot2 package, i.e. do the equivalent of par(mfrow=c(1,2)).

For example, I would like to have t

Answer 1

Update: This answer is very old. gridExtra::grid.arrange() is now the recommended approach. I leave this here in case it might be useful.

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Stephen Turner posted the arrange() function on Getting Genetics Done blog (see post for application instructions)

vp.layout <- function(x, y) viewport(layout.pos.row=x, layout.pos.col=y)
arrange <- function(..., nrow=NULL, ncol=NULL, as.table=FALSE) {
 dots <- list(...)
 n <- length(dots)
 if(is.null(nrow) & is.null(ncol)) { nrow = floor(n/2) ; ncol = ceiling(n/nrow)}
 if(is.null(nrow)) { nrow = ceiling(n/ncol)}
 if(is.null(ncol)) { ncol = ceiling(n/nrow)}
        ## NOTE see n2mfrow in grDevices for possible alternative
grid.newpage()
pushViewport(viewport(layout=grid.layout(nrow,ncol) ) )
 ii.p <- 1
 for(ii.row in seq(1, nrow)){
 ii.table.row <- ii.row 
 if(as.table) {ii.table.row <- nrow - ii.table.row + 1}
  for(ii.col in seq(1, ncol)){
   ii.table <- ii.p
   if(ii.p > n) break
   print(dots[[ii.table]], vp=vp.layout(ii.table.row, ii.col))
   ii.p <- ii.p + 1
  }
 }
}