How to create a hexbin chart in R

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How to create a hexbin chart in R, The hexbin package in base R provides a function with the same name that creates a plottable hexbin object, which can be used to make a hexbin chart.

# install.packages("hexbin")
library(hexbin)
# Data
set.seed(123)
x <- rnorm(5000)
y <- rnorm(5000)
hex <- hexbin(x, y)
plot(hex)

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Number of bins

The number of bins is controlled by the xbins option. 30 is the default value.

hex <- hexbin(x, y, xbins = 20)
plot(hex)

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Border color

hex <- hexbin(x, y)
plot(hex, border = 4)

Color palette

hex <- hexbin(x, y)
plot(hex, colramp = colorRampPalette(hcl.colors(12)))

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Remove the legend

hex <- hexbin(x, y)
plot(hex, legend = FALSE,
     colramp = colorRampPalette(hcl.colors(12, "GnBu"))) 

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