plotly / plotly/plotly.R

animated ggplotly bar chart does not work anymore

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Description

Hello,

library(plotly)
p <- mtcars %>% ggplot(aes(x = mpg, y = cyl, frame = hp)) + geom_bar(stat = "identity")
ggplotly(p)

This throws an error: Error in -data$group: invalid argument to unary operator. I'm using the latest versions of the packages, and R 3-5-3.

Previously that worked: I have tried with R 3-3-2, ggplot2 2-2-1 and plotly 4-6-0, and this works.

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Start by running the supplied mtcars, ggplot, and ggplotly example with current package versions and compare it with the older versions reported as working. Trace the ggplotly conversion around the -data$group error; done means the animated bar chart renders without that error and the regression is covered by a test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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