I want to retrieve the range/limit of the x-axis when I plot a discrete variable on it. Specifically, I'm looking at the following code
library(tidyverse)
p <- mtcars %>%
mutate(am = ifelse(am == 0, "Auto", "Manual")) %>%
ggplot() +
geom_point(aes(factor(am), mpg))
p
There's a lot of space around the "Auto" and "Manual" tick marks. I know that if I inspect the p object, the x-axis tick marks are at x = 1 and 2 on a continuous scale, but I would like to know how far the x-axis extends, or what algorithm generates the limits.
> layer_scales(p)$x$range
<ggproto object: Class RangeDiscrete, Range, gg>
range: Auto Manual
reset: function
train: function
super: <ggproto object: Class RangeDiscrete, Range, gg>
> layer_scales(p)$x$range_c
<ggproto object: Class RangeContinuous, Range, gg>
range: 1 2
reset: function
train: function
super: <ggproto object: Class RangeContinuous, Range, gg>
