area: Calculate Surface Area

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areaR Documentation

Calculate Surface Area

Description

Functions to calculate surface area.

Usage

area(x, ...)

## Default S3 method:
area(x, y, ...)

## S3 method for class 'polygon'
area(p)

Methods (by class)

  • area(default): Calculate surface area of a polygon using its vertex coordinates.

  • area(polygon): Calculate the area of a polygon object.

Examples

x <- c(0, 0, 0.5, 1, 1, 0)
y <- c(0, 1, 0.5, 1, 0, 0)
area(x, y) # Calculate area of polygon.

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