R: Plot labeled curves

labeled.curves {mining}

R Documentation

Plot labeled curves

Description

Draws multiple curves, each with a properly-placed label and unique color/linestyle.

Usage

labeled.curves(x,y,se=NULL,labels,xlab,ylab,type="o",group,
               color.palette=default.colors(6),col,
               lty.palette=1:6,lty,lwd=2,jitter=0,
               legend=NULL,
               cex=par("cex"),horizontal=F,
               mar,bg=par("bg"),ylim,main="",...)

Arguments

`x`	a numeric vector giving the horizontal position of each point.
`y`	a matrix or data frame giving the vertical position of each point. Each column defines one curve.
`se`	a matrix or data frame, the same size as `y`, giving an error bound on each value.
`labels`	a character vector of labels for the lines. Defaults to the column names of `y`.
`xlab,ylab`	axis labels, by default the dimnames of `y`.
`type`	indicates whether to draw points, lines, or both. See `plot`.
`group`	a numeric vector specifying how to group cases when assigning colors.
`color.palette`	a vector of colors, arbitrary length, or a function with integer argument which generates a vector of colors. Used if `col` is not specified. If shorter than the number of curves, colors will be recycled and the line style will change.
`col`	a vector of colors, as in a call to `plot`. Used to explicitly set the color of each curve.
`lty.palette`	a vector of line styles, arbitrary length. The line style will rotate through these when there aren't enough colors.
`lty`	a vector of line styles, as in a call to `plot`. Used to explicitly set the style of each curve.
`lwd`	line width.
`jitter`	the amount by which to jitter the error bars, to avoid overplotting. `jitter=0.02` is usually sufficient.
`legend`	If non-NULL, the labels are placed in a legend. Otherwise the labels are placed next to the lines.
`cex`	character expansion factor.
`horizontal`	If `TRUE`, the axes are laid out horizontally, so that the curves run vertically.
`mar`	a numerical vector giving the lines of margin on the four sides of the plot (see `par`). If missing, it is set according to `auto.mar`.
`bg`	background color.
`ylim`	desired plotting limits.
`main`	title for the plot.
`...`	extra arguments for low-level plotting commands.

Details

Point j in curve i is at (x[j],y[j,i]). Thus all curves must be the same length, and have points at the same horizontal positions. If y[i,j]=NA, then the curve has a break at the previous point, and resumes at the next non-NA point.

If se is given, then an error bar will be placed around each point.

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