triax.frame {plotrix}R Documentation

Triangle plot frame

Description

Display a three axis frame with optional grid.

Usage

 triax.frame(main="",at=seq(0.1,0.9,by=0.1),
 axis.labels=NULL,tick.labels=NULL,col.axis="black",cex.axis=1,cex.ticks=1,
 align.labels=TRUE,show.grid=FALSE,col.grid="gray",lty.grid=par("lty"),
 cc.axes=FALSE)

Arguments

main The title of the triangle plot. Defaults to nothing.
at The tick positions on the three axes.
axis.labels Labels for the three axes in the order bottom, right left. Defaults to the column names.
tick.labels The tick labels for the axes. Defaults to argument at (proportions).
col.axis Color of the triangular axes, ticks and labels.
cex.axis Character expansion for axis labels.
cex.ticks Character expansion for the tick labels.
align.labels Logical - whether to align axis and tick labels with the axes.
show.grid Whether to display grid lines at the ticks.
col.grid Color of the grid lines. Defaults to gray.
lty.grid Type of line for the grid.
cc.axes Whether to align the axes clockwise or counterclockwise.

Details

triax.frame displays a triangular plot area on which proportions or percentages may be displayed. An optional grid may also be displayed. If cc.axes is TRUE, both the axes and axis ticks will be in reverse order.

Value

nil

Author(s)

Jim Lemon

See Also

triax.points,triax.abline

Examples

 triax.frame(main="DEFAULT")
 triax.frame(main="Clockwise axes",cc.axes=TRUE)

[Package plotrix version 2.5-5 Index]