ggplot2 y-axis ticks not showing up on a log scale

Question

I am trying to use ggplot2 to create a boxplot graph but I am having trouble getting the ticks to show up as it does in the examples of the ggplot2 webiste.

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Answer 1

I'm assuming that you are using the new 0.9.0 version of ggplot2, which underwent a large amount of changes. This happens to be one of them, I believe.

If I recall correctly, enough people complained about the exponential format being the default, that this was changed. As per the transition guide you can achieve the same effect via:

library(ggplot2)
library(scales)
ggplot(fruits, aes(fruit, taste) ) +  
    geom_boxplot() + 
    scale_y_log10(breaks = trans_breaks('log10', function(x) 10^x),
                  labels = trans_format('log10', math_format(10^.x)))