ddplot (version 0.0.2)

lineChart: Create a line chart

Description

Create a line chart

Usage

lineChart(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  curve = "curveLinear",
  stroke = "crimson",
  strokeWidth = 1.5,
  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 line 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.

curve

The line's curve type to render. A complete list can be found here <https://github.com/d3/d3-shape#curves>. Defaults to 'curveLinear'.

stroke

The color of the line. Defaults to 'crimson'.

strokeWidth

The width of the line. Defaults to 1.5.

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 bars (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 line chart
lineChart(
  data = airpassengers,
  x = "date",
  y = "passengers"
)