Which geom is used in the ith layer?

ith_geom returns the type of geom used by the ith layer.

Usage

ith_geom(p, i)

Arguments

p

A ggplot object

i

A numerical index that corresponds to the first layer of a plot (1), the second layer (2), and so on.

Value

A character string that corresponds to the suffix of a ggplot2 geom_ function, e.g. "point".

See also

Other functions for checking geoms: get_geoms_stats(), get_geoms(), ith_geom_is(), ith_geom_stat(), uses_geoms()

Examples

require(ggplot2)
p <- ggplot(data = mpg, mapping = aes(x = displ, y = hwy)) +
  geom_point(mapping = aes(color = class)) +
  geom_smooth()
ith_geom(p, i = 2)
#> [1] "smooth"