How to use ggExtra package In R Language

This package has a function called removeGrid() which as the name suggests is used to suppress the grid line of the plot.

Syntax: removeGrid(x, y)

Where, y attribute of this function should be set to false in order to suppress vertical gridlines in particular. 

Example:  Suppressing the vertical gridlines using ggExtra

R




library("ggplot2")
library("ggExtra")
  
function1<- function(x){x**2}
function2<-function(x){x**3}
function3<-function(x){x/2}
function4<-function(x){2*(x**3)+(x**2)-(x/2)}
  
df=data.frame(x=-2:2,
              values=c(function1(-2:2),
                       function2(-2:2),
                       function3(-2:2),
                       function4(-2:2)),
              fun=rep(c("function1","function2",
                        "function3","function4"))
)
  
ggplot(df,aes(x,values,col=fun))+geom_line()+
  removeGrid(y=FALSE)


Output:



How to suppress the vertical gridlines using ggplot2 in R?

In this article, we will discuss various ways of suppressing vertical gridlines in ggplot using an R programming language.

Let’s first draw a regular plot without making any changes, so the difference is traceable:

R




library("ggplot2")
  
function1<- function(x){x**2}
function2<-function(x){x**3}
function3<-function(x){x/2}
function4<-function(x){2*(x**3)+(x**2)-(x/2)}
  
df=data.frame(x=-2:2,
              values=c(function1(-2:2),
                       function2(-2:2),
                       function3(-2:2),
                       function4(-2:2)),
              fun=rep(c("function1","function2",
                        "function3","function4"))
)
  
ggplot(df,aes(x,values,col=fun))+geom_line()


Output:

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