In running the below code, I'm not sure why it's not plotting. In other, more involved versions of this code it does plot; I've done line-by-line comparisons and can't see why it doesn't plot in this case. I've played with req(), if(isTruthy()...)) statements, with no luck. I tested the interpol() custom function in the console, and it works fine as shown in the image at the bottom of this post.

library(ggplot2)
library(shiny)
library(shinyMatrix)

interpol <- function(a, b) { # a = periods, b = matrix inputs
  c <- rep(NA, a)
  c[1] <- b[1]
  c[a] <- b[2]
  c <- approx(seq_along(c)[!is.na(c)], c[!is.na(c)], seq_along(c))$y # << interpolates
  return(c)
}

ui <- fluidPage(
  
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel(
      sliderInput('periods', 'Modeled periods (X variable):', min=1, max=10, value=10),
      matrixInput("matrix1", 
                  label = "Matrix 1:",
                  value = matrix(c(5), ncol = 1, dimnames = list("Base rate",NULL)),
                  cols =  list(names = FALSE),
                  class = "numeric"),
      matrixInput("matrix2",
                  label = "Matrix 2 (will link to Matrix 1):",
                  value = matrix(c(10,5), ncol = 2, dimnames = list(NULL,c("X","Y"))),
                  rows = list(extend = TRUE, delete = TRUE),
                  class = "numeric"),
    ),
    mainPanel(
      plotOutput("plot")
    )  
  )    
)

server <- function(input, output, session){
  
  plotData <- reactive({
    req(input$periods,input$matrix2) # << this doesn't help
    tryCatch(
      tibble(
        X = seq_len(input$periods),
        Y = interpol(input$periods,input$matrix2, drop = FALSE)
      ),
      error = function(e) NULL
    )
  })
  
  output$plot <- renderPlot({
    req(plotData())
    plotData() %>% ggplot()   
      geom_line(aes(x = X, y = Y, colour = as.factor(Scenario)))  
      theme(legend.title=element_blank())
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

CodePudding user response：

1. library(dplyr) was missing function tibble was unknown
2. Your function interpol doesn't have a drop argument
3. Object 'Scenario' not found

library(ggplot2)
library(shiny)
library(shinyMatrix)
library(dplyr)

interpol <- function(a, b) { # a = periods, b = matrix inputs
  c <- rep(NA, a)
  c[1] <- b[1]
  c[a] <- b[2]
  c <- approx(seq_along(c)[!is.na(c)], c[!is.na(c)], seq_along(c))$y # << interpolates
  return(c)
}

ui <- fluidPage(
  
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel(
      sliderInput('periods', 'Modeled periods (X variable):', min=1, max=10, value=10),
      matrixInput("matrix1", 
                  label = "Matrix 1:",
                  value = matrix(c(5), ncol = 1, dimnames = list("Base rate",NULL)),
                  cols =  list(names = FALSE),
                  class = "numeric"),
      matrixInput("matrix2",
                  label = "Matrix 2 (will link to Matrix 1):",
                  value = matrix(c(10,5), ncol = 2, dimnames = list(NULL,c("X","Y"))),
                  rows = list(extend = TRUE, delete = TRUE),
                  class = "numeric"),
    ),
    mainPanel(
      plotOutput("plot")
    )  
  )    
)

server <- function(input, output, session){
  
  plotData <- reactive({
    # browser()
    req(input$periods, input$matrix2) # << this doesn't help
    tryCatch(
      # drop = FALSE
      tibble(
        X = seq_len(input$periods),
        Y = interpol(input$periods,input$matrix2)
      ),
      error = function(e) NULL
    )
  })
  
  output$plot <- renderPlot({
    req(plotData())
    
    # Error in is.factor: object 'Scenario' not found
    # , colour = as.factor(Scenario)
    plotData() %>% ggplot()   
      geom_line(aes(x = X, y = Y))  
      theme(legend.title=element_blank())
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)