geom_segment: Line segments and curves.

Description

geom_segment draws a straight line between points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2). geom_curve draws a curved line.

Usage

geom_segment(mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "identity",
  position = "identity", arrow = NULL, lineend = "butt", na.rm = FALSE,
  show.legend = NA, inherit.aes = TRUE, ...)
geom_curve(mapping = NULL, data = NULL, stat = "identity",
  position = "identity", curvature = 0.5, angle = 90, ncp = 5,
  arrow = NULL, lineend = "butt", na.rm = FALSE, show.legend = NA,
  inherit.aes = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

mapping

Set of aesthetic mappings created by aes or aes_. If specified and inherit.aes = TRUE (the default), is combined with the default mapping at the top le

data

A data frame. If specified, overrides the default data frame defined at the top level of the plot.

stat

The statistical transformation to use on the data for this layer, as a string.

position

Position adjustment, either as a string, or the result of a call to a position adjustment function.

arrow

specification for arrow heads, as created by arrow()

lineend

Line end style (round, butt, square)

na.rm

If FALSE (the default), removes missing values with a warning. If TRUE silently removes missing values.

show.legend

logical. Should this layer be included in the legends? NA, the default, includes if any aesthetics are mapped. FALSE never includes, and TRUE always includes.

inherit.aes

If FALSE, overrides the default aesthetics, rather than combining with them. This is most useful for helper functions that define both data and aesthetics and shouldn't inherit behaviour from the default plot specification, e.g.

...

other arguments passed on to layer. There are three types of arguments you can use here:

Aesthetics: to set an aesthetic to a fixed value, likecolor = "red"orsize = 3.

curvature

A numeric value giving the amount of curvature. Negative values produce left-hand curves, positive values produce right-hand curves, and zero produces a straight line.

angle

A numeric value between 0 and 180, giving an amount to skew the control points of the curve. Values less than 90 skew the curve towards the start point and values greater than 90 skew the curve towards the end point.

ncp

The number of control points used to draw the curve. More control points creates a smoother curve.

Aesthetics

[results=rd,stage=build]{ggplot2:::rd_aesthetics("geom", "segment")} b <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(wt, mpg)) + geom_point()

df <- data.frame(x1 = 2.62, x2 = 3.57, y1 = 21.0, y2 = 15.0) b + geom_curve(aes(x = x1, y = y1, xend = x2, yend = y2, colour = "curve"), data = df) + geom_segment(aes(x = x1, y = y1, xend = x2, yend = y2, colour = "segment"), data = df)

b + geom_curve(aes(x = x1, y = y1, xend = x2, yend = y2), data = df, curvature = -0.2) b + geom_curve(aes(x = x1, y = y1, xend = x2, yend = y2), data = df, curvature = 1) b + geom_curve( aes(x = x1, y = y1, xend = x2, yend = y2), data = df, arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.03, "npc")) )

ggplot(seals, aes(long, lat)) + geom_segment(aes(xend = long + delta_long, yend = lat + delta_lat), arrow = arrow(length = unit(0.1,"cm"))) + borders("state")

# You can also use geom_segment to recreate plot(type = "h") : counts <- as.data.frame(table(x = rpois(100,5))) counts$x <- as.numeric(as.character(counts$x)) with(counts, plot(x, Freq, type = "h", lwd = 10))

ggplot(counts, aes(x, Freq)) + geom_segment(aes(xend = x, yend = 0), size = 10, lineend = "butt")

geom_path and geom_line for multi- segment lines and paths.

geom_spoke for a segment parameterised by a location (x, y), and an angle and radius.