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ggplot2 facet_grid group variables


I'm using the following code to create a facet_grid plot:

load(url("http://ebib.com.br/dados.RData"))

library(ggplot2)
library(scales)

ggplot() + geom_step(data=subset(me, variable=="Umid. Relat."), aes(Data, value), color="blue") +
   geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable=="Umid. Relat."), aes(Data, value), , color="blue") +
   geom_line(data=subset(me, variable=="Vel. Vento"), aes(Data, value), color="gray20") +
   geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable=="Vel. Vento"), aes(Data, value), color="gray20") +
   geom_line(data=subset(me, variable==c("Temp. Max.", "Temp. Min.")), aes(Data, value, colour=variable)) +
   geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable==c("Temp. Max.", "Temp. Min.")), aes(Data, value, colour=variable)) +
   geom_bar(stat="identity", data=subset(me, variable=="Precipitação"), aes(Data, value), fill="blue") +
   facet_grid(variable~., scales="free_y") +
   scale_x_date(breaks = date_breaks("months"), labels = date_format("%b")) +
   theme(legend.position="none")

Is there a way to plot the variables "Temp. Max." and "Temp. Min." in the same graph/facet?

Edit: Working code

load(url("http://ebib.com.br/dados.RData"))

library(ggplot2)
library(scales)

me$variable2 <- as.character(me$variable)
me$variable2[me$variable2 %in% c("Temp. Max.","Temp. Min.")] <- "Temp. Max./Min."

ggplot() + geom_line(data=subset(me, variable=="Umid. Relat."), aes(Data, value), color="blue") +
geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable=="Umid. Relat."), aes(Data, value), , color="blue") +
geom_line(data=subset(me, variable=="Vel. Vento"), aes(Data, value), color="gray20") +
geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable=="Vel. Vento"), aes(Data, value), color="gray20") +
geom_line(data=subset(me, variable==c("Temp. Max.", "Temp. Min.")), aes(Data, value, colour=variable)) +
geom_smooth(data=subset(me, variable==c("Temp. Max.", "Temp. Min.")), aes(Data, value, colour=variable)) +
geom_bar(stat="identity", data=subset(me, variable=="Precipitação"), aes(Data, value), fill="blue") +
facet_grid(variable2~., scales="free_y") +
scale_x_date(breaks = date_breaks("months"), labels = date_format("%b")) +
theme(legend.position="none")

Solution

  • You need a new variable for facetting.

    The new column variable2 is almost identical to variable but there is a single value "Temp. Max./Min." for both "Temp. Max." and "Temp. Min.".

    me$variable2 <- as.character(me$variable)
    me$variable2[me$variable2 %in% c("Temp. Max.","Temp. Min.")] <- "Temp. Max./Min."
    

    Use this variable as an argument for facet_grid:

    facet_grid(variable2 ~., scales = "free_y")
    

    This will produce the following plot:

    enter image description here