Various Plotting Functions

Lots of plots, various labeling, axis and color scaling functions.

Functions in plotrix

Name Description

barNest Display a nested breakdown of numeric values

barp A bar plotting routine

add.ps add p-values from t-tests

battleship.plot Display a matrix of values as the widths of stacked rectangles

ablineclip Add a straight line to a plot

addtable2plot Add a table of values to a plot

axis.break Place a "break" mark on an axis

arctext Display text on a circular arc

bumpchart Display a "bumps" chart

categoryReshape Convert object label/attribute label coding.

bin.wind.records Classify wind direction and speed records

binciW Binomial confidence limits

binciWu Upper binomial confidence limit

brkdn.plot A point/line plotting routine

brkdnNest Perform a nested breakdown of numeric values

box.heresy Display a sort of box plot

binciWl Lower binomial confidence limit

color.legend Legend matching categories or values to colors

Name Description

color.scale Turn values into colors.

dendroPlot Display distributions as dendrites

diamondplot Plot multiple variables as polygons on a radial grid

draw.radial.line Draw a radial line

draw.tilted.sector Display a 3D pie sector

cluster.overplot Shift overlying points into clusters

corner.label Find corner locations and optionally display a label

color.axis Display an axis in a specified color

emptyspace Find an empty space on a plot

count.overplot Show overlying points as counts

fan.plot Display a fan plot

clock24.plot Plot values on a 24 hour "clockface"

color.scale.lines Line segments with scaled colors

color2D.matplot Display a numeric matrix as color matrix

clplot Plot lines with colors determined by values.

drawNestedBars Display nested bars

drawSectorAnnulus Display a radial pie sector

centipede.plot Display a centipede plot

floating.pie Display a floating pie chart

axis.mult Display an axis with values having a multiplier

clean.args Remove inappropriate arguments from an argument list

dispersion Display a measure of dispersion.

gap.barplot Display a barplot with a gap (missing range) on one axis

Name Description

dotplot.mtb Minitab style dotplots

do.first Execute a graphic function on a plot

fullaxis Add an axis with a line to the edge of the plot

draw.arc Draw arc

gap.boxplot Display a boxplot with a gap (missing range)

furc Plot a dendrite

boxed.labels Place labels in boxes

gantt.chart Display a Gantt chart

ehplot Engelmann-Hecker-Plot - EH-Plot

election Assign party members to seats

barlabels Label the bars on a barplot

color.gradient Calculate an arbitrary sequence of colors

cylindrect Display an apparent cylinder

draw.circle Draw a circle

death_reg Death registrations from 1996 to 2010

color.id Identify closest match to a color

feather.plot Display vectors along a horizontal reference line

draw.ellipse Draw ellipse

fill.corner Fill a "corner" of a matrix with values

get.tablepos Get the position for a legend or table

get.triprop Enter three proportion data - usually soil textures

gradient.rect Display a rectangle filled with an arbitrary color gradient

maxEmptyRect Find an empty space on a plot

Name Description

makeIntersectList Count set intersections

hexagon Draw a hexagon

histStack Histogram "stacked" by categories

intersectDiagram Display set intersections

perspx Display perspective plot

paxis3d Display text in the margins of a 3D plot

plotrix-package Specialized plots and plotting accessories

polar.plot Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 360 degrees

get.breaks Get the breakpoints for a weighted histogram

get.gantt.info Gather the information to create a Gantt chart

getMarginWidth Find the margin width necessary to fit text or a legend next to a p

getYmult Correct for aspect and coordinate ratio

listDepth Find the maximum depth of a list

makeDendrite Build a list of the mutually exclusive attributes of objects

pasteCols Paste the columns of a matrix together

plot.dendrite Plot a dendrogram of a dendrite object

plot_bg Add a background color to a plot

panes Prepare a "panel" type layout

pie3D Display a 3D pie chart

pie.labels Place labels on a pie chart

plotH Scatterplot with histogram-like bars.

plotCI Plot confidence intervals/error bars

radial.plot Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 2*pi radians

Name Description

radial.plot.labels Display labels on a circular grid

get.segs Calculate the midpoints and limits for a centipede plot

get.soil.texture Enter soil texture data

labbePlot Display a L'Abbe plot

ladderplot Ladder Plot

oz.windrose Display an Australian wind rose

multsymbolbox Draw boxes filled with symbols

pie3D.labels Display labels on a 3D pie chart

revaxis Plot with axis direction(s) reversed

placeLabels Place labels in boxes

ruginv Add an Inverse Rug to a Plot

spreadout Spread out a vector of numbers to a minimum interval

stackpoly Display the columns of a matrix or data frame as stacked polygon

symbolbox Draw a box filled with symbols

symbolbarplot barplot filled with symbols

gap.plot Display a plot with one or two gaps (missing ranges) on one axis

mtext3d Display text in the margins of a 3D plot

get_axispos3d Get axis positions on a 3D plot

multhist Plot a multiple histogram, as a barplot

radialtext Display text in a radial line

raw.means.plot raw.means.plot: Raw-Means Plots for Experimental Designs

triax.plot Triangle plot

sumbrk Count specified values in a vector

Name Description

triax.points Triangle plot points

sumDendrite Sum the counts in the top level of a dendrite object

triax.fill Triangle plot fill

triax.frame Triangle plot frame

vectorField Display magnitude/direction vectors

weighted.hist Display a weighted histogram

psegments3d Draw segments on a 3D plot

propbrk Calculate the proportion of specified values in a vector

rectFill Draw a rectangle filled with symbols

rescale Scale numbers into a new range

soil.texture Soil texture triangle plot

soil.texture.uk Soil texture triangle plot using UK conventions

staxlab Place staggered or angled labels on an axis

thigmophobe.labels Place labels away from the nearest point

std.error Calculate standard error of the mean

triax.abline Lines for triangle plot

radial.pie Plot sectors/annuli on a circular grid of 0 to 2*pi radians

radial.grid Display a radial grid

zoomInPlot Display a plot with a rectangular section expanded in an adjacent

size_n_color Display circles with specified size and color

seats Arrange N seats in M semicircular rows

staircase.plot Display a staircase plot

starPie A pie-like graphic object

Name Description

thigmophobe Find the direction away from the closest point

textbox Add text box

twoord.stackplot Multiple (stack) plot with two ordinates

getIntersectList Enter a set intersection list

getFigCtr Get coordinates in the figure region in user units.

valid.n Find the number of valid (not NA) values

kiteChart Magnitude by position chart.

jiggle Calculate equally spaced values within a range.

legendg Legend with grouped bars, lines or symbols

lengthKey Key for interpreting lengths in a plot

oz.windrose.legend Display an Australian wind rose legend

p2p_arrows Draw arrows between points

polygon.shadow Display a shadow effect for an arbitrary polygon

ptext3d Display text on a 3D plot

print.brklist Display the output of brkdnNest

pyramid.plot Pyramid plot

smoothColors Build a vector of color values

sliceArray Slice an array

soils Soil texture data from 125 soils

spread.labels Spread labels for irregularly spaced values

sizeplot Plot with repeated symbols by size

sizetree Display a hierarchical breakdown of disjunct categories

tab.title Display the title of a plot as a colored tab

Name Description

taylor.diagram Taylor diagram

tsxpos Calculate equispaced x positions.

twoord.plot Plot with two ordinates