manifest: Set specifications of a manifest variable

In gastonstat/pathdiagram: Basic functions for drawing path diagrams

Description

Use this function to specify the graphic characteristics of a manifest variable. The specifications will be used by the function draw to plot manifest variables (in a path diagram).

Usage

  manifest(label = "manifest", x = 0.5, y = 0.5,
    width = NULL, height = 0.1, border = "white",
    fill = "#9dbafa", lwd = 1, col = "gray20", cex = 1,
    vfont = NULL, font = 1, family = "sans")

Arguments

label	A character string with the label to be displayed.
x	x-axis coordinate for center of rectanlge.
y	y-axis coordinate for center of rectangle.
width	width of the rectangle.
height	height of the rectangle.
border	color of the border.
fill	color to fill the rectangle.
lwd	width of the border.
col	color of the label.
cex	numeric character expansion of the label.
vfont	font family of the label.
font	An integer specifying which font to use for the label. See par
family	The name of a font family for drawing text. Standard values are "serif", "sans" and "mono".

Details

Manifest variables are drawn as rectangles.

Value

An object of class "manifest", which is a list with the specified parameters to draw manifest variables.

Author(s)

Gaston Sanchez

See Also

latent, draw

Examples

## Not run: 
 # manifest variables
 eggs = manifest("eggs", x=0.3, y=0.7, width=NULL, height=0.08)
 milk = manifest("milk", x=0.4, y=0.6, width=NULL, height=0.08)
 flour = manifest("flour", x=0.5, y=0.5, width=NULL, height=0.08)
 sugar = manifest("sugar", x=0.6, y=0.4, width=NULL, height=0.08)
 butter = manifest("butter", x=0.7, y=0.3, width=NULL, height=0.08)

 # open wall
 wall()
 title("Five manifest variables", col.main="gray20")

 # draw manifest variables
 draw(eggs)
 draw(milk)
 draw(flour)
 draw(sugar)
 draw(butter)
 
## End(Not run)

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