library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)
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library(dplyr)
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The R package plotly makes it easy to turn your ggplots into interactive plots. This can be super useful for data exploration, especially when plots are crammed with lots of data.

data("mtcars")

gp <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=disp, y=mpg, color=gear)) +
  geom_point() +
  theme_bw()
print(gp)

Now let’s make it interactive!

ggp <- plotly::ggplotly(gp)
ggp

ggplotly works on most ggplot objects (though to varying degrees of success with some more complex plot types).

bp <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(x=gear, y=mpg, fill=gear)) +
  geom_bar(stat="identity") +
  theme_bw()

print(bp) 

gbp <- plotly::ggplotly(bp)
gbp

Session Info

utils::sessionInfo()
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