LexisPlotR (version 0.4.0)

lexis.lifeline: Deprecated. Plot lifelines into a Lexis grid

Description

Add lifelines to an existing Lexis grid.

Usage

lexis.lifeline(lg, entry, exit = NA, lineends = F,
  colour = lpr_colours()[7], alpha = 1, lwd = 0.5)

Arguments

lg,

an existing object originally created with lexis.grid().

entry

character, set the entry or birth date of an individual in format "YYYY-MM-DD".

exit

character, set the exit or death date of an individual in format "YYYY-MM-DD". Default is NA (no exit or death observed).

lineends

logical, if TRUE lineends will be marked. Default is FALSE.

colour

character, set the colour of the lifelines. Default is "red".

alpha

numeric, set the transparency of the lifelines. Default is 1 (no transparency).

lwd

numeric, set the linewidth of the lifelines. Default is 0.5.

Value

A ggplot2 object.

Details

Takes an existing Lexis grid and adds lifelines to the grid. Input can be a single dates or dates from a vector.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23")
lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23", exit = "1904-03-03")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }