plotrix (version 3.8-2)

symbolbarplot: 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,...)

Value

Nil

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

Author

Ben Bolker

Examples

 set.seed(1001)
 bvals <- matrix(rpois(12,20),nrow=3)
 b <- symbolbarplot(bvals)