Lollipop Chart

Easily create a lollipop chart

lollipop_chart(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  facet = NULL,
  ...,
  line_size = 0.75,
  line_color = "auto",
  point_size = 4,
  point_color = line_color,
  highlight = NULL,
  sort = TRUE,
  horizontal = TRUE,
  top_n = NULL,
  threshold = NULL,
  other = FALSE,
  limit = NULL
)

Arguments

data	Dataset to use for the bar chart
x	character or factor column of data
y	numeric column of data representing the lollipop length. If missing, the lollipop length will be proportional to the count of each value in x.
facet	character or factor column of data defining the faceting groups
...	Additional arguments passed to aes()
line_size	numeric. Size of the lollipop 'stick'
line_color	character. Color of the lollipop 'stick'
point_size	numeric. Size of the lollipop 'head'
point_color	character. Color of the lollipop 'head'
highlight	character. One or more value(s) of x that should be highlighted in the plot
sort	logical. Should the data be sorted before plotting?
horizontal	logical. Should the plot be oriented horizontally?
top_n	numeric. If a value for top_n is provided only the top top_n records will be displayed
threshold	numeric. If a value for threshold is provided only records with y > threshold will be displayed
other	logical. Should all x with y < threshold be summarized in a group called 'other' and be displayed at the bottom of the chart?
limit	Deprecated. use top_n instead.

Value

An object of class ggplot

Details

Both top_n and threshold only work when sort = TRUE. Attempting to use them when sort = FALSE will result in an error. Furthermore, only top_n or threshold can be used at a time. Providing a value for both top_n and threshold will result in an error as well.

See also

For more details have a look at these vignettes: vignette("highlight", package = "ggcharts") vignette("customize", package = "ggcharts")

Examples

data(biomedicalrevenue)
revenue2016 <- biomedicalrevenue[biomedicalrevenue$year == 2016, ]
revenue_bayer <- biomedicalrevenue[biomedicalrevenue$company == "Bayer", ]

## By default lollipop_chart() creates a horizontal and sorted plot
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue)

## If the `y` argument is missing the count of each value in `x` is displayed
lollipop_chart(mtcars, cyl)

## Create a vertical, non-sorted lollipop chart
lollipop_chart(revenue_bayer, year, revenue, horizontal = FALSE, sort = FALSE)

## Limit the number of lollipops to the top 15
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, top_n = 15)

## Display only companies with revenue > 50B.
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, threshold = 50)

## Change the color of the whole lollipop
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, line_color = "purple")

## Change the color of the lollipop stick and head individually
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, point_color = "darkgreen", line_color = "gray")

## Decrease the lollipop head size
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, point_size = 2.5)

## Highlight a single lollipop
lollipop_chart(revenue2016, company, revenue, top_n = 15, highlight = "Roche")

## Use facets to show the top 10 companies over the years
lollipop_chart(biomedicalrevenue, company, revenue, facet = year, top_n = 10)