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R: Emphasize a certain cohort in a Lexis grid

lexis.cohort

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Emphasize a certain cohort in a Lexis grid

Description

Takes an existing Lexis grid and adds a coloured rectangle to highlight a certain cohort.

Usage

lexis.cohort(lg, cohort, fill = "green", alpha = 0.5)

Arguments

`lg,`	an existing object originally created with `lexis.grid()`.
`cohort`	numeric, set the cohort to highlight.
`fill`	character, set the colour of the rectangle. Default is `"green"`.
`alpha`	numeric, set the level of transparency of the rectangle. Default is `0.5`.

Details

Takes an existing Lexis grid and adds a coloured rectangle to the plot. The rectangle will highlight a certain cohort in the Lexis grid.

Author(s)

Philipp Ottolinger

Examples

library(LexisPlotR)
lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
lexis.cohort(lg = lg, cohort = 1901)

Results


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> library(LexisPlotR)
Loading required package: ggplot2
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/LexisPlotR/lexis.cohort.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: lexis.cohort
> ### Title: Emphasize a certain cohort in a Lexis grid
> ### Aliases: lexis.cohort
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> library(LexisPlotR)
> lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
> lexis.cohort(lg = lg, cohort = 1901)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
>