Group By in R

How to use groupby transforms in R with Plotly.

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library(plotly)
packageVersion('plotly')

## [1] '4.7.1.9000'

Basic Example

library(plotly)

p <- plot_ly(
  type = 'scatter',
  x = mtcars$hp,
  y = mtcars$qsec,
  text = paste("Make: ", rownames(mtcars),
               "<br>hp: ", mtcars$hp,
               "<br>qsec: ", mtcars$qsec,
               "<br>Cyl: ", mtcars$cyl),
  hoverinfo = 'text',
  mode = 'markers',
  transforms = list(
    list(
      type = 'groupby',
      groups = mtcars$cyl,
      styles = list(
        list(target = 4, value = list(marker =list(color = 'blue'))),
        list(target = 6, value = list(marker =list(color = 'red'))),
        list(target = 8, value = list(marker =list(color = 'black')))
      )
      )
    )
  )

# Create a shareable link to your chart
# Set up API credentials: https://plot.ly/r/getting-started
chart_link <- api_create(p, filename = "groupby-basic")
chart_link

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