Bar plot for each column in a data frame in R

Question

I want to produce bar plots for each column in a data frame.

I tried the following code to produce plot for a single column and it's working fine.

ggplot(df, aes(colName, ..count..)) + geom_bar(aes(fill = colName), position = "dodge")

But it's not working if i put it in a for loop to produce plot for each column in the data frame.

for(col in names(df)){
    print(col)
    ggplot(df, aes(col, ..count..)) + geom_bar(aes(fill = col), position = "dodge")
  }

I don't want to hard code the column names in the code and I don't want to develop a separate function.

You want a barplot with only one bar? Hence for each column? Or did I miss something? — Elias, Apr 19 '21 at 08:19
@Elias I want the bar plot for every columns in the data frame in a single window — Anne, Apr 19 '21 at 09:21
All the solutions given in the linked thread should work perfectly fine. Please kindly elaborate why it does not answer the question. — tjebo, Apr 19 '21 at 09:27

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '21 at 08:20

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You can use

aes(get(col,df),..count..))

answered Apr 19 '21 at 08:20

ThomasIsCoding

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Thank you for the answer. But it's not working for me – Anne Apr 19 '21 at 09:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '21 at 08:19

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You can create plots for each column of your dataframe using lapply. To refer to column name as variable in ggplot code use .data :

library(ggplot2)

lapply(names(df), function(col) {
  ggplot(df, aes(.data[[col]], ..count..)) + 
    geom_bar(aes(fill = .data[[col]]), position = "dodge")
}) -> list_plots

answered Apr 19 '21 at 08:19

Ronak Shah

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Thank you for the answere. But I don't want to develop a seperate function – Anne Apr 19 '21 at 09:22
What do you mean by 'develop a separate function'? `lapply` is same as `for` loop. You can use the same logic in `for` loop as well. What is your expected output? – Ronak Shah Apr 19 '21 at 09:24

Bar plot for each column in a data frame in R

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