How can I add another layer / new series to a ggplot?

Question

In ggplot I can add a series to a plot with:

ggplot(diamonds, aes(x = carat, y = price)) + geom_point() 

How do I simply add another series, e.g. plotting the cost of rubies against diamonds. Assuming rubies was also in the diamonds dataset. I have tried to lay over the top another layer with the rubies data, but it just plots the rubies and not the diamonds/carat.

ggplot(diamonds, aes(x = carat, y = price)) + geom_point() + aes(x = rubies, y = price) 

I can see that this would be possible by melding all the data together first, ready to plot it, so maybe I should go down that route. However, just adding another series to a plot like this seems like it should not be too hard, but I can't figure out how to do it.

Answer 1

rubies  <- data.frame(carat = c(3, 4, 5), price= c(5000, 5000, 5000))  ggplot(diamonds, aes(carat, price)) +    geom_point() +    geom_point(data = rubies, colour = "red")