cyclic_chart: Plot Cyclic Data (General Format)

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Plot Cyclic Data (General Format)

Description

This function plots values corresponding to random periods such as hours, days, months and so on.

Usage

cyclic_chart(df, Period, Value, crit, ColV)

Arguments

df	A data frame
Period	A list of periodical values such as hours of the day, days of the week, months of the year and so on.
Value	A numeric vector with the values corresponding to the Period
crit	A factor variable based on which the bars would be colored.
ColV	A character vector with the list of colors for the bars. You can use this online tool (https://r-charts.com/color-palette-generator/) to create a beautiful color palette.

Details

This can plot values corresponding to multiple categories, for example, temperature in different cities on the days of a week, or rainfall by month in a year.

Value

A ggplot object, which can be further modified with ggplot2 functions and themes.

See Also

day_chart() for plotting values on a day by hours, week_chart() for plotting values in a week by days, year_chart() for plotting values in a year by months

Examples

# Using package built-in bdtemp data
Col <- c("#0040ff", "#00bfff", "#8000ff")
cyclic_chart(bdtemp,
  Period = Month, Value = Temperature,
  crit = City, ColV = Col
)

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