Basic Area Line Plot

R

# Create synthetic data
set.seed(123)
df <- data.frame(
  Year = 2000:2020,
  Value = cumsum(rnorm(21))
)
 
# Create a basic area line plot
ggplot(df, aes(x = Year, y = Value, fill = "Area")) +
  geom_area() +
  labs(
    title = "Basic Area Line Plot",
    x = "Year",
    y = "Cumulative Value"
  ) +
  theme_minimal()

Output:

Area Line Plot in R

In this example, we create a basic area line plot using the geom_area() function. We map the Year variable to the x-axis (x) and the Value variable to the y-axis (y). The fill aesthetic is set to “Area” to specify the fill color of the area below the line. We also add a title and axis labels using the labs() function.

Area Line Plot in R

Area line plots, commonly referred to as filled area plots, are effective data visualisation techniques in R for showing how data evolves over time. They are particularly helpful for displaying trends, distributions, and time series data. In this article, we’ll look at how to use the well-liked ggplot2 programme to generate area line plots in R.

Basic Area Line Plot

R

Area Line Plot in R

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