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R: Plot lifelines into a Lexis grid

lexis.lifeline

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Plot lifelines into a Lexis grid

Description

Add lifelines to an existing Lexis grid.

Usage

lexis.lifeline(lg, entry, exit = NA, lineends = F, colour = "red",
  alpha = 1, lwd = 0.5)

Arguments

`lg,`	an existing object originally created with `lexis.grid()`.
`entry`	character, set the entry or birth date of an individual in format `"YYYY-MM-DD"`.
`exit`	character, set the exit or death date of an individual in format `"YYYY-MM-DD"`. Default is `NA` (no exit or death observed).
`lineends`	logical, if `TRUE` lineends will be marked. Default is `FALSE`.
`colour`	character, set the colour of the lifelines. Default is `"red"`.
`alpha`	numeric, set the transparency of the lifelines. Default is `1` (no transparency).
`lwd`	numeric, set the linewidth of the lifelines. Default is `0.5`.

Details

Takes an existing Lexis grid and adds lifelines to the grid. Input can be a single dates or dates from a vector.

Value

A ggplot2 object.

Author(s)

Philipp Ottolinger

Examples

lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23")
lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23", exit = "1904-03-03")

Results


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> library(LexisPlotR)
Loading required package: ggplot2
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/LexisPlotR/lexis.lifeline.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: lexis.lifeline
> ### Title: Plot lifelines into a Lexis grid
> ### Aliases: lexis.lifeline
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
> lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23")
> lexis.lifeline(lg = lg, entry = "1901-09-23", exit = "1904-03-03")
> 
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> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
>