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How to prevent scales::percent from adding decimal


This started happening a few days ago, that scales::percent would add a decimal place in its labels, and I can't seem to disable this decimal to display integer values on y-axis. enter image description here

library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)

mtcars %>% 
  count(cyl) %>% 
  mutate(prop = n / sum(n)) %>% 
  ggplot(aes(x = cyl, y = prop)) + 
  geom_point() + 
  scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent)

Solution

  • Perhaps not a direct answer to your question, but I have used scales::percent_format and its accuracy argument ("Number to round to") in similar settings.

    mtcars %>% 
        count(cyl) %>% 
        mutate(prop = n / sum(n)) %>% 
        ggplot(aes(x = cyl, y = prop)) + 
        geom_point() + 
        scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 5L))
    

    enter image description here


    I think the behaviour of percent was changed in scales 1.0.0. See NEWS and updates in code here.