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R: Emphasize a certain year in Lexis grid.
lexis.yearR Documentation

Emphasize a certain year in Lexis grid.

Description

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

Usage

lexis.year(lg, year, fill = "blue", alpha = 0.5)

Arguments

lg,

an existing object originally created with lexis.grid().

year

numeric, set the year to highlight.

fill

character, set the colour of the rectangle. Default is "blue".

alpha

numeric, set the 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 year in the grid.

Value

A ggplot2 object.

Author(s)

Philipp Ottoliner

Examples

lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
lexis.year(lg = lg, year = 1902)

Results


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> library(LexisPlotR)
Loading required package: ggplot2
> png(filename="/home/ddbj/snapshot/RGM3/R_CC/result/LexisPlotR/lexis.year.Rd_%03d_medium.png", width=480, height=480)
> ### Name: lexis.year
> ### Title: Emphasize a certain year in Lexis grid.
> ### Aliases: lexis.year
> 
> ### ** Examples
> 
> lg <- lexis.grid(year.start = 1900, year.end = 1905, age.start = 0, age.end = 5)
> lexis.year(lg = lg, year = 1902)
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> dev.off()
null device 
          1 
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