symbols {base} | R Documentation |
This function draws symbols on a plot. One of six symbols; circles, squares, rectangles, stars, thermometers, and boxplots, can be plotted at a specified set of x and y coordinates. Specific aspects of the symbols, such as relative size, can be customized by additional parameters.
symbols(x, y, circles, squares, rectangles, stars, thermometers, boxplots, inches=TRUE, add=FALSE, fg=1, bg=NA, ...)
x |
a vector giving the x coordinates of the symbols. |
y |
a vector giving the y coordinates of the symbols. |
circles |
a vector giving the radii of the circles. |
squares |
a vector giving the length of the sides of the squares. |
rectangles |
a matrix with two columns. The first column gives widths and the second the heights of rectangle symbols. |
stars |
a matrix with three or more columns giving the lengths
of the rays from the center of the stars. NA values
are replaced by zeroes. |
thermometers |
a matrix with three or four columns. The first two columns give the width and height of the thermometer symbols. If there are three columns, the third is taken as a proportion. The thermometers are filled from their base to this proportion of their height. If there are four columns, the third and fourth columns are taken as proportions. The thermometers are filled between these two proportions of their heights. |
boxplots |
a matrix with five columns. The first two columns give the width and height of the boxes and the third the proportion of the way up the box that the median line is drawn. The last two columns give the lengths of the lower and upper whiskers. |
inches |
If inches is FALSE , the units are taken
to be those of the x axis. If inches is TRUE ,
the symbols are scaled so that the largest symbol is one
inch in height. If a number is given the symbols are scaled to
make largest symbol this height in inches. |
add |
if add is TRUE , the symbols are added to
an existing plot, otherwise a new plot is created. If a new plot
is created the axis labels default to "" . |
fg |
colors the symbols are to be drawn in (the default is
the value of the col graphics parameter). |
bg |
if specified, the symbols are filled with this color. The default is to leave the symbols unfilled. |
... |
graphics parameters can also be passed to this function. |
Observations which have missing coordinates or missing size
parameters are not plotted. The exception to this is stars.
In that case, the length of any rays which are NA
is reset
to zero.
W. S. Cleveland (1985) The Elements of Graphing Data. Monterey, California: Wadsworth.
x <- 1:10 y <- runif(10) z <- runif(10) symbols(x, y, thermometers=cbind(.5, 1, z), inches=.5) data(trees) attach(trees) ## Girth is diameter in inches symbols(Height, Volume, circles=Girth/24, inches=FALSE, xlab="Height", ylab="Volume") detach()