PlotTools

Tools for plotting with base R

https://github.com/ms609/plottools

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legends plotting r r-package spectrum

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Repository

Tools for plotting with base R

Basic Info

Host: GitHub
Owner: ms609
Language: R
Default Branch: main
Homepage: https://ms609.github.io/PlotTools/
Size: 3.84 MB

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legends plotting r r-package spectrum

Created almost 3 years ago · Last pushed 4 months ago

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PlotTools

'PlotTools' is an R package that allows the legends for continuous variables to be added to plots using the familiar functions of the default 'graphics' package. It also includes utility functions to manipulate irregular polygons and locate their centres.

Install the latest production version from CRAN using

r install.packages("PlotTools")

or install the development version from GitHub with

r devtools::install_github("ms609/PlotTools")

Please let me know of any feature requests or bugs by opening an issue on GitHub.

Usage

```r

Select a colour palette

palette <- if (packageVersion("grDevices") > 3.6) hcl.colors else heat.colors

Plot some example data

plot( cars, xlab = "Speed / mph", ylab = "Stopping distance / ft", col = palette(125 + 1)[cars$dist + 1], # Colour points by distance cex = cars$speed / 10, # Size points by speed pch = 16, # Use filled circle for points frame.plot = FALSE )

Display legend for colour scale

PlotTools::SpectrumLegend( "topleft", # Legend position palette = palette, # Display our chosen palette legend = seq(125, 0, length.out = 6), # Annotate positions on legend title = "Distance", bty = "n" # Don't frame with box )

Display legend for plotting symbol sizes

PlotTools::SizeLegend( "bottomright", # Legend position palette = "darkgrey", # Set colour - may be continuous horiz = TRUE, # Orient horizontally width = c(0, 2.5), scale = "pch", # Scale for plotting character legend = seq(0, 25, by = 5), # Annotate positions on legend x.intersp = 0, # Set x spacing bty = "n", # Don't frame with box inset = 0.05, # Inset from plot edges title = "Speed" ) ```

Citation

Cite this package as:

Smith, Martin R. (2023). PlotTools: Add continuous legends to plots. Comprehensive R Archive Network, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7803390.

Contribute

Please note that the 'PlotTools' project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

Owner

Name: Martin R. Smith
Login: ms609
Kind: user
Location: Durham, UK
Company: Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University

Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-1727
Twitter: PalaeoSmith
Repositories: 21
Profile: https://github.com/ms609

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cran.r-project.org: PlotTools

Add Continuous Legends to Plots

Homepage: https://ms609.github.io/PlotTools/
Documentation: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PlotTools/PlotTools.pdf
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
Latest release: 0.3.1
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PlotTools

Science Score: 49.0%

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README.md

PlotTools

Usage

Select a colour palette

Plot some example data

Display legend for colour scale

Display legend for plotting symbol sizes

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