R help - Sep 2008 - ggplot: adding layer using different data, groups and also controlling appearance

I have a more complicated function I am trying to write, but I run in to a
problem when I want to
add something to the plot from more than one data set while simultaneously
controlling the
appearance of the additional layer. 

# Toy data:

foo <- data.frame ( x = 1:4, y = 4:1 , membership = c( "A",
"A", "B", "B" ) )
bar <- data.frame ( x = 1:4 + 1 , y = 4:1 + 1, membership = rep (
"C", 4 ) )

# This works, and produces a sensible (unified!) legend:

foo.gg <- ggplot ( mapping =  aes ( x = x, y = y , colour = membership ) )
foo.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point(data = foo)
foobar.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point ( data = bar ) # works fine, creates a
unified scale showing "membership"
foobar.gg  

# This does not work: 
booboo.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point ( data = bar, colour = "black" ) 
# so far, so good, but...
booboo.gg # it will not let me over-ride the colour specifications when it
actually tries to construct the graph

The error message is: 
"Error in `[.data.frame`(df, , var) : undefined columns selected"

System Information:
R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25) 
i386-pc-mingw32 
ggplot2_0.6 

My goal is to be able to add the additional layer and control its appearance
separately from the appearance of
the first layer. Possible?

Thanks,
Eric

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:57 PM,  <rmailbox at justemail.net>
wrote:
>
>
> I have a more complicated function I am trying to write, but I run in to a
problem when I want to
> add something to the plot from more than one data set while simultaneously
controlling the
> appearance of the additional layer.
>
> # Toy data:
>
> foo <- data.frame ( x = 1:4, y = 4:1 , membership = c( "A",
"A", "B", "B" ) )
> bar <- data.frame ( x = 1:4 + 1 , y = 4:1 + 1, membership = rep (
"C", 4 ) )
>
> # This works, and produces a sensible (unified!) legend:
>
> foo.gg <- ggplot ( mapping =  aes ( x = x, y = y , colour = membership )
)
> foo.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point(data = foo)
> foobar.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point ( data = bar ) # works fine, creates a
unified scale showing "membership"
> foobar.gg
>
> # This does not work:
> booboo.gg <- foo.gg + geom_point ( data = bar, colour =
"black" )  # so far, so good, but...
> booboo.gg # it will not let me over-ride the colour specifications when it
actually tries to construct the graph
>
> The error message is:
> "Error in `[.data.frame`(df, , var) : undefined columns selected"
>
> System Information:
> R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
> i386-pc-mingw32
> ggplot2_0.6
>
> My goal is to be able to add the additional layer and control its
appearance separately from the appearance of
> the first layer. Possible?
This is a bug that caused by an interaction with a bug fix in R 2.7.2.
 Its fixed in the development version, and I'm working hard to get a
new release out as soon as possible.

Hadley

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