Generate discrete scale — make_consistent_scale • panvaR

Make a ggplot discrete scale that has consistent correspondence between aesthetics and variables

Usage

make_consistent_scale(
  values,
  vars,
  type = c("fill", "color", "shape"),
  show.example = F,
  name = NULL
)

Arguments

values: vector, values to supply to given scale (e.g. colors or shapes)
vars: character, variables to link to values. Will have one to one correspondence to values based on order
type: character, either "fill", "color" or "shape"
show.example: boolean, print a plot to show what values are tied to which variables
name: optional, string to name scale, will appear as legend heading when used in a ggplot

Value

ggplot scale object for use in downstream plotting

Examples

# work in progress