symbolbarplot: barplot filled with symbols

In plotrix: Various Plotting Functions

barplot filled with symbols

Description

Produces a barplot where each piece of the barplot is filled with the number of symbols equal to the size of the bar

Usage

 symbolbarplot(height,width=1,space=NULL,names.arg=NULL,
  legend.text=NULL,beside=FALSE,horiz=FALSE,col=heat.colors(NR),
  border=par("fg"),main=NULL,sub=NULL,xlab=NULL,ylab=NULL,xlim=NULL,
  ylim=NULL,axes=TRUE,axisnames=TRUE,inside=TRUE,plot=TRUE,rel.width=0.8,
  symbol="circles",symbbox=TRUE,debug=FALSE,...)

Arguments

height	numeric vector or matrix of barplot heights
width	width of bars
space	space between bars
names.arg	vector of names
legend.text	vector of legend text
beside	(logical) plot bars beside each other?
horiz	(logical) horizontal barplot?
col	vector of colors
border	plot border?
main	main title
sub	subtitle
xlab	x axis label
ylab	y axis label
xlim	x limits
ylim	y limits
axes	draw axes?
axisnames	label horizontal axis?
inside	draw lines dividing adjacent bars?
plot	produce plot?
rel.width	relative width of symbols
symbol	which symbol to use
symbbox	draw boxes for symbol boxes?
debug	debug output?
...	further arguments to multsymbolbox

Value

Nil

Note

This is a mostly a hack of barplot()

Author(s)

Ben Bolker

Examples

 set.seed(1001)
 bvals <- matrix(rpois(12,20),nrow=3)
 b <- symbolbarplot(bvals)

plotrix documentation built on Nov. 10, 2023, 5:07 p.m.