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When generating graphics, you should make sure you use relative paths.

The code you're provided with represents a script in the R/ directory.

This exercise is part of the course

Defensive R Programming

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Exercise instructions

  • Change the read_csv() argument to use relative paths.
  • Change the ggsave() argument to use relative paths.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

library("ggplot2")
library("readr")

# Show the file/directory structure
list.files(".")

# Change to relative paths and load the data
battles <- read_csv("/home/repl/survival/input/battles.csv")
g <- ggplot(battles) + geom_bar(aes(Location)) # Bar chart

# Change to relative paths and save the data
ggsave(filename = "/home/repl/survival/graphics/locations.pdf", plot = g)
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