symbolbarplot {plotrix}R Documentation

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)

[Package plotrix version 2.5-5 Index]