plotrix (version 1.41)

spread.labels: Spread labels for irregularly spaced values

Description

Places labels for irregularly spaced values in a regular staggered order

Usage

spread.labels(x,y,labels=NULL,offset,col="white",border=FALSE,...)

Arguments

x,y

x and y data values

labels

text strings

offset

How far away from the data points to place the labels.

col

The color of the background rectangles on which to place the labels.

border

Whether to draw a border around the labels.

...

additional arguments passed to boxed.labels.

Value

• nil

Details

This function is mainly useful when labeling irregularly spaced data points that are "spread out" along one dimension. It places the labels regularly spaced and staggered on the long dimension of the data, drawing lines from each label to the point it describes.

See Also

boxed.labels

Examples

x<-rnorm(10)/10
 y<-sort(rnorm(10))
 plot(x,y,xlim=c(-1,1),type="p")
 nums<-c("one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine","ten")
 spread.labels(x,y,nums,0.5)