Arrows {IDPmisc}

Pretty Open or Closed Arrows

Description

Draws a set of open or closed arrows which can be shaped by many arguments. Arrows is an extended version of p.arrows.

Usage

Arrows(x1, y1, x2, y2, size = 1, width = 1.2/4/cin, open = TRUE,
       sh.adj = 0.1, sh.lwd = 1, sh.col = par("fg"),
       sh.lty = 1,
       h.col = sh.col, h.col.bo = sh.col, h.lwd = sh.lwd, h.lty = sh.lty,
       verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

x1, y1

Coordinates of points from which to draw.

x2, y2

Coordinates of points to which to draw.

size

Head size as a fraction of a character height.

width

Width of the arrow head. See argument verbose.

open

Defines if arrows are open or closed.

sh.adj

Defines gap between end of the shaft and the top of the head of the arrow (see details)

sh.lwd

Thickness of shaft. cf. par

sh.col

Color of shaft. cf. par

sh.lty

Line type of shaft. cf. par

h.col

Color of head.

h.col.bo

Color of border of head.

h.lwd

Line width of border of head.

h.lty

Line type of border of head.

verbose

When TRUE, the width used is returned.

Details

Definition of sh.adj:

=0

End of shaft at top of head,

=1

End of shaft at bottom of head,

>1

Gap between shaft and head,

<0

Head is on the shaft.

This function is based on graphics

Value

A value is only returned, when verbose == TRUE.

Note

The plotting device should not be resized manually after plotting as this changes in general the aspect ratio of the plot and deforms hereby the plotted arrows. The beauty of the arrows depends from the resolution of the device. The higher resolutions give better results.

Author(s)

Andreas Ruckstuhl, refined by Rene Locher

See Also

p.arrows, arrows

Examples

## a bunch of different arrows
plot(c(0,10), c(0,10), type="n")
Arrows(5, 5, 5,10, size=3,
       sh.lwd=5, sh.lty=2,
       h.lwd=5)
Arrows(5, 5, 7.5, 9, size=3, open=TRUE,
       sh.adj=0.7, sh.lwd=5, sh.lty=2,
       h.col.bo="red",h.lwd=5)
Arrows(5, 5, 9, 7.5, size=3, open=FALSE,
       sh.adj=1, sh.lwd=5, sh.col="blue",
       h.col.bo="red",h.lwd=2)
Arrows(5, 5, 10, 5, size=2.5, width=1.5, open=FALSE,
       sh.adj=1, sh.lwd=7, sh.col="blue")
Arrows(5, 5, 9, 2.5, size=4, open=FALSE,
       sh.lty=0,
       h.col.bo="black",h.lwd=5)
Arrows(5, 5, 7.5, 1)
Arrows(5, 5, 5, 0, size=2)
Arrows(5, 5, 2.5, 1, size=2, width=1)

## vector field
x<- runif( 20)
y<- runif( 20)
u<- 0.1+0.02*rnorm(20)
v<- 0.1+0.02*rnorm(20)
plot(x,y,xlim=range(c(x,x+u)),ylim=range(c(y,y+v)),type="n")
Arrows(x,y,x+u,y+v,sh.col="blue")