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\name{scale_linetype}
\alias{scale_linetype}
\alias{scale_linetype_binned}
\alias{scale_linetype_continuous}
\alias{scale_linetype_discrete}
\title{Scale for line patterns}
\usage{
scale_linetype(..., na.value = "blank")

scale_linetype_binned(..., na.value = "blank")

scale_linetype_continuous(...)

scale_linetype_discrete(..., na.value = "blank")
}
\arguments{
\item{...}{
  Arguments passed on to \code{\link[=discrete_scale]{discrete_scale}}
  \describe{
    \item{\code{palette}}{A palette function that when called with a single integer
argument (the number of levels in the scale) returns the values that
they should take (e.g., \code{\link[scales:hue_pal]{scales::hue_pal()}}).}
    \item{\code{breaks}}{One of:
\itemize{
\item \code{NULL} for no breaks
\item \code{waiver()} for the default breaks (the scale limits)
\item A character vector of breaks
\item A function that takes the limits as input and returns breaks
as output
}}
    \item{\code{limits}}{One of:
\itemize{
\item \code{NULL} to use the default scale values
\item A character vector that defines possible values of the scale and their
order
\item A function that accepts the existing (automatic) values and returns
new ones
}}
    \item{\code{drop}}{Should unused factor levels be omitted from the scale?
The default, \code{TRUE}, uses the levels that appear in the data;
\code{FALSE} uses all the levels in the factor.}
    \item{\code{na.translate}}{Unlike continuous scales, discrete scales can easily show
missing values, and do so by default. If you want to remove missing values
from a discrete scale, specify \code{na.translate = FALSE}.}
    \item{\code{aesthetics}}{The names of the aesthetics that this scale works with.}
    \item{\code{scale_name}}{The name of the scale that should be used for error messages
associated with this scale.}
    \item{\code{name}}{The name of the scale. Used as the axis or legend title. If
\code{waiver()}, the default, the name of the scale is taken from the first
mapping used for that aesthetic. If \code{NULL}, the legend title will be
omitted.}
    \item{\code{labels}}{One of:
\itemize{
\item \code{NULL} for no labels
\item \code{waiver()} for the default labels computed by the
transformation object
\item A character vector giving labels (must be same length as \code{breaks})
\item A function that takes the breaks as input and returns labels
as output
}}
    \item{\code{guide}}{A function used to create a guide or its name. See
\code{\link[=guides]{guides()}} for more information.}
    \item{\code{super}}{The super class to use for the constructed scale}
  }}

\item{na.value}{The linetype to use for \code{NA} values.}
}
\description{
Default line types based on a set supplied by Richard Pearson,
University of Manchester. Continuous values can not be mapped to
line types unless \code{scale_linetype_binned()} is used. Still, as linetypes has
no inherent order, this use is not advised.
}
\examples{
base <- ggplot(economics_long, aes(date, value01))
base + geom_line(aes(group = variable))
base + geom_line(aes(linetype = variable))

# See scale_manual for more flexibility

# Common line types ----------------------------
df_lines <- data.frame(
  linetype = factor(
    1:4,
    labels = c("solid", "longdash", "dashed", "dotted")
  )
)
ggplot(df_lines) +
  geom_hline(aes(linetype = linetype, yintercept = 0), size = 2) +
  scale_linetype_identity() +
  facet_grid(linetype ~ .) +
  theme_void(20)
}
