write_plot

Takes a <code>ggplot2</code> object and writes it to disk via <code>ggplot2::<a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggsave.html">ggsave</a></code> using the
variable name as the filename.

Core functions necessary for using The Globe and Mail's R data journalism template, 'startr', along with utilities for day-to-day data journalism tasks, such as reading and writing files, producing graphics and cleaning up datasets.

Tom Cardoso

upstartr

Utilities Powering the Globe and Mail's Data Journalism Template

Michael Pereira

The Globe and Mail Inc. 

write_plot function

<dl><dt>variable</dt>
<dd>A tibble or dataframe object.</dd>
<dt>format</dt>
<dd>The desired format for the plot, be it 'png', 'pdf', etc. Accepts formats
you'd pass to <code>ggplot2::<a href="https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggsave.html">ggsave</a></code>'s 'device' parameter.</dd>
<dt>output_dir</dt>
<dd>The directory to save the plot out to.</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Other settings to pass to ggsave, such as format, width, height or dpi.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Takes a <code>ggplot2</code> object and writes it to disk via <code>ggplot2::<a href='https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggsave.html'>ggsave</a></code> using the
variable name as the filename.

Write out a ggplot2 graphic with minimal configuration — write_plot

<dl>

<dt>variable</dt>
<dd>A tibble or dataframe object.</dd>


<dt>format</dt>
<dd>The desired format for the plot, be it 'png', 'pdf', etc. Accepts formats
you'd pass to <code>ggplot2::<a href='https://ggplot2.tidyverse.org/reference/ggsave.html'>ggsave</a></code>'s 'device' parameter.</dd>


<dt>output_dir</dt>
<dd>The directory to save the plot out to.</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>Other settings to pass to ggsave, such as format, width, height or dpi.</dd>

</dl>

write_plot: Write out a ggplot2 graphic with minimal configuration

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