ddplot (version 0.0.2)

areaChart: Create an area chart

Description

Create an area chart

Usage

areaChart(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  fill = "crimson",
  stroke = NULL,
  strokeWidth = NULL,
  xticks = NULL,
  yticks = NULL,
  xtitle = NULL,
  xtitleFontSize = 16,
  ytitle = NULL,
  ytitleFontSize = 16,
  title = NULL,
  titleFontSize = 22,
  font = "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif",
  bgcol = "#CAD0D3",
  opacity = 1,
  axisCol = "black",
  width = NULL,
  height = NULL
)

Value

a SVG area chart

Arguments

data

The data frame containing the variables to consider.

x

The x-variable to consider. Must be a date variable in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format.

y

The y-variable to consider.

fill

The color of the area chart. Defaults to 'crimson'.

stroke

Optional. The color of the stroke of the area.

strokeWidth

Optional. The width of the area stroke.

xticks

Optional. the number of x-axis ticks to consider.

yticks

Optional. The number of y-axis ticks to consider.

xtitle

Optional. The title of the x-axis.

xtitleFontSize

The font size of the x-axis title. Defaults to 16.

ytitle

Optional. The title of the y-axis.

ytitleFontSize

The font size of the y-axis title. Defaults to 16.

title

Optional. The title of the plot.

titleFontSize

The font size of the plot title. Defaults to 22.

font

The font family to consider for the titles. Defaults to "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif".

bgcol

The background color of the SVG. Defaults to "#CAD0D3" HEX color.

opacity

The color opacity of the area chart (from 0 to 1). Defaults to 1.

axisCol

the color of the x and y axis. It includes the ticks, the labels and titles. Defaults to 'black'.

width

Optional. The width of the SVG output.

height

Optional. The height of the SVG output.

Examples

# 1. converting AirPassengers to a tidy data frame
airpassengers <- data.frame(
  passengers = as.matrix(AirPassengers),
  date= zoo::as.Date(time(AirPassengers))
)

# 2. plotting the area chart
areaChart(
  data = airpassengers,
  x = "date",
  y = "passengers",
  fill = "purple",
  bgcol = "white"
)