How can the color of e_line in echarts4r be associated with a categorical variable?

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In Echarts4R, you can associate the color of the e_line with a categorical variable by using the scale_color_*() function. This function allows you to define a mapping between your categorical variable and specific colors.

For example, let's say you have a variable called category that can take on values of "A", "B", or "C". You can create a mapping between these categories and specific colors using the following code:

library(echarts4r)

data <- data.frame(x = c(1, 2, 3),
                   y = c(4, 5, 6),
                   category = c("A", "B", "C"))

e_line(data, x, y, color = category) %>%
  scale_color_manual(values = c("A" = "#FF0000", "B" = "#00FF00", "C" = "#0000FF"))

In this code, we first create a data frame with the x, y, and category variables. We then pass this data frame to the e_line() function, specifying that we want to use the x, y, and category variables for the plot, and we use color = category to tell Echarts4R that we want to associate the color of the line with the category variable.

Finally, we use the scale_color_manual() function to define a mapping between the categories and their corresponding colors. In this example, we've mapped "A" to red, "B" to green, and "C" to blue. You can use any colors you like, as long as they are specified in hexadecimal format.