[R] Colors on box plots in ggplot

[Jeff Newmiller]

I see you creating a variable p, evaluating and printing a modified version of that variable, and then printing that variable (presumably overwriting the first plot). Are you executing your code one line at a time when troubleshooting?

On January 17, 2019 2:32:51 PM PST, David Doyle <kydaviddoyle using gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to set different boxes to different colors the following
>page
>shows
>http://www.sthda.com/english/wiki/ggplot2-box-plot-quick-start-guide-r-software-and-data-visualization
>
>
>I've tried the code
>ToothGrowth$dose <- as.factor(ToothGrowth$dose)
>head(ToothGrowth)
>library(ggplot2)
># Basic box plot
>p <- ggplot(ToothGrowth, aes(x=dose, y=len))  +
>  geom_boxplot()
>p+scale_color_manual(values=c("#999999", "#E69F00", "#56B4E9"))
>p
>
>But still can not get the colors to show up.  I'm sure it is something
>simple I'm doing wrong and would appreciate help.
>
>Thank you in advance
>David
>
>	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>______________________________________________
>R-help using r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>PLEASE do read the posting guide
>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

-- 
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.