labeling-package {labeling} | R Documentation |
Axis labeling
Description
Functions for positioning tick labels on axes
Details
Package: | labeling |
Type: | Package |
Version: | 0.4.3 |
Date: | 2023-08-29 |
License: | Unlimited |
LazyLoad: | yes |
Implements a number of axis labeling schemes, including those compared in An Extension of Wilkinson's Algorithm for Positioning Tick Labels on Axes by Talbot, Lin, and Hanrahan, InfoVis 2010.
Author(s)
Justin Talbot justintalbot@gmail.com
References
Heckbert, P. S. (1990) Nice numbers for graph labels, Graphics Gems I, Academic Press Professional, Inc. Wilkinson, L. (2005) The Grammar of Graphics, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Talbot, J., Lin, S., Hanrahan, P. (2010) An Extension of Wilkinson's Algorithm for Positioning Tick Labels on Axes, InfoVis 2010.
See Also
extended
, wilkinson
,
heckbert
, rpretty
,
gnuplot
, matplotlib
,
nelder
, sparks
,
thayer
, pretty
Examples
heckbert(8.1, 14.1, 4) # 5 10 15
wilkinson(8.1, 14.1, 4) # 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
extended(8.1, 14.1, 4) # 8 10 12 14
# When plotting, extend the plot range to include the labeling
# Should probably have a helper function to make this easier
data(iris)
x <- iris$Sepal.Width
y <- iris$Sepal.Length
xl <- extended(min(x), max(x), 6)
yl <- extended(min(y), max(y), 6)
plot(x, y,
xlim=c(min(x,xl),max(x,xl)),
ylim=c(min(y,yl),max(y,yl)),
axes=FALSE, main="Extended labeling")
axis(1, at=xl)
axis(2, at=yl)
[Package labeling version 0.4.3 Index]