diagram (version 1.6.4)

straightarrow: adds straight arrow between two points

Description

Plots straight line between two points

adds an arrowhead at a certain distance.

Usage

straightarrow(from, to, lwd = 2, lty = 1, lcol = "black", 
              arr.col = lcol, arr.pos = 0.5, endhead = FALSE, 
              segment = c(0,1), ...)

Arguments

from

coordinates (x,y) of the point *from* which to draw arrow.

to

coordinates (x,y) of the point *to* which to draw arrow.

lwd

line width.

lty

line type.

lcol

line color.

arr.col

arrow color.

arr.pos

relative position of arrowhead.

endhead

if TRUE: the arrow line stops at the arrowhead; default = FALSE.

segment

if not c(0,1): then the arrow line will cover only part of the requested path, e.g. if segment = c(0.2,0.8), it will start 0.2 from from and till 0.8.

...

arguments passed to function Arrows.

Value

coordinates (x,y) where arrowhead is drawn

Details

a straight arrow is drawn between the points '(from, to)' The position of the arrowhead, is set with arr.pos, a value between 0(start point) and 1(endpoint)

The type of the arrowhead is set with arr.type which can take the values:

• "simple" : uses comparable R function arrows.

• "triangle": uses filled triangle.

• "curved" : draws arrowhead with curved edges.

• "circle" : draws circular head.

• "ellipse" : draws ellepsoid head

• "T" : draws T-shaped (blunt) head

see Arrowhead from package shape for details on arrow head.

See Also

bentarrow, segmentarrow, curvedarrow selfarrow, splitarrow, treearrow,

arrows: the comparable R function,

Arrows: more complicated arrow function from package shape.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
openplotmat(main = "straightarrow")

pos <- coordinates(c(2, 3, 1))

for (i in 1:5) 
  straightarrow(from = pos[i, ], to = pos[i+1, ], arr.pos = 0.5)

straightarrow(from = pos[6, ], to = pos[6, ] + c(0.3, 0.), 
              arr.type = "T", arr.pos = 1, arr.lwd = 3)    

for (i in 1:6) 
  textrect(pos[i, ], lab = LETTERS[i], radx = 0.05)
# }