plotrix (version 3.6-4)

draw.circle: Draw a circle

Description

Draws a circle on an existing plot.

Usage

draw.circle(x,y,radius,nv=100,border=NULL,col=NA,lty=1,lwd=1)

Arguments

x,y

Coordinates of the center of the circle.

radius

Radius (or radii) of the circle(s) in user units.

nv

Number of vertices to draw the circle.

border

Color to use for drawing the circumference.

col

Color to use for filling the circle.

lty

Line type for the circumference.

lwd

Line width for the circumference.

Value

A list with the x and y coordinates of the points on the circumference of the last circle displayed.

Details

draw.circle uses the dimensions of the plot and the x and y coordinates to draw a circle rather than an ellipse.

See Also

polygon

Examples

 plot(1:5,seq(1,10,length=5),type="n",xlab="",ylab="",main="Test draw.circle")
 draw.circle(2,4,c(1,0.66,0.33),border="purple",
  col=c("#ff00ff","#ff77ff","#ffccff"),lty=1,lwd=1)
 draw.circle(2.5,8,0.6,border="red",lty=3,lwd=3)
 draw.circle(4,3,0.7,border="green",lty=1,lwd=1)
 draw.circle(3.5,7,0.8,border="blue",lty=2,lwd=2)