R: Draw Data Symbols

grid.points {grid}

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Draw Data Symbols

Description

These functions create and draw data symbols.

Usage

grid.points(x = stats::runif(10),
            y = stats::runif(10),
            pch = 1, size = unit(1, "char"),
            default.units = "native", name = NULL,
            gp = gpar(), draw = TRUE, vp = NULL)
pointsGrob(x = stats::runif(10),
           y = stats::runif(10),
           pch = 1, size = unit(1, "char"),
           default.units = "native", name = NULL,
           gp = gpar(), vp = NULL)

Arguments

`x`	numeric vector or unit object specifying x-values.
`y`	numeric vector or unit object specifying y-values.
`pch`	numeric or character vector indicating what sort of plotting symbol to use. See `points` for the interpretation of these values, and note `fill` below.
`size`	unit object specifying the size of the plotting symbols.
`default.units`	string indicating the default units to use if `x` or `y` are only given as numeric vectors.
`name`	character identifier.
`gp`	an R object of class `gpar`, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings; note that `fill` (and not `bg` as in package graphics `points`) is used to “fill”, i.e., color the background of symbols with `pch = 21:25`.
`draw`	logical indicating whether graphics output should be produced.
`vp`	A Grid viewport object (or NULL).

Details

Both functions create a points grob (a graphical object describing points), but only grid.points draws the points (and then only if draw is TRUE).

Value

A points grob. grid.points returns the value invisibly.

Author(s)

Paul Murrell