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plotrix

plotrix is an R package that provides many plotting, labeling, and axis & color scaling functions.

Installation

You can install the current release of plotrix from CRAN with:

install.packages("plotrix")

You can install the development version of plotrix from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("plotrix/plotrix")

Authors

The original author and maintainer of plotrix, Jim Lemon, passed away in September 2023.

Currently it is being maintained by Duncan Murdoch. Please submit bug reports to https://github.com/plotrix/plotrix/issues.

Other contributors include:

Ben Bolker [ctb],
Sander Oom [ctb],
Eduardo Klein [ctb],
Barry Rowlingson [ctb],
Hadley Wickham [ctb],
Anupam Tyagi [ctb],
Olivier Eterradossi [ctb],
Gabor Grothendieck [ctb],
Michael Toews [ctb],
John Kane [ctb],
Rolf Turner [ctb],
Carl Witthoft [ctb],
Julian Stander [ctb],
Thomas Petzoldt [ctb],
Remko Duursma [ctb],
Elisa Biancotto [ctb],
Ofir Levy [ctb],
Christophe Dutang [ctb],
Peter Solymos [ctb],
Robby Engelmann [ctb],
Michael Hecker [ctb],
Felix Steinbeck [ctb],
Hans Borchers [ctb],
Henrik Singmann [ctb],
Ted Toal [ctb],
Derek Ogle [ctb],
Darshan Baral [ctb],
Ulrike Groemping [ctb],
Bill Venables [ctb],
The CRAN Team [ctb].

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Install

install.packages('plotrix')

Monthly Downloads

89,715

Version

3.8-14

License

GPL (>= 2)

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Repository

https://github.com/plotrix/plotrix

Homepage

https://plotrix.github.io/plotrix/

Maintainer

Duncan Murdoch

Last Published

February 13th, 2026

Functions in plotrix (3.8-14)

Plot values on a 24 hour "clockface"

Identify closest match to a color

cluster.overplot

Shift overlying points into clusters

color.scale.lines

Line segments with scaled colors

Turn values into colors.

Display distributions as dendrites

draw.tilted.sector

Display a 3D pie sector

Death registrations from 1996 to 2010

Display a sort of box plot

Place labels in boxes

clustered.dotplots

Display the frequencies of two categories

draw.radial.line

Draw a radial line

Calculate an arbitrary sequence of colors

Display a measure of dispersion.

Legend matching categories or values to colors

Add an axis with a line to the edge of the plot

Remove inappropriate arguments from an argument list

Display a centipede plot

get.soil.texture

Enter soil texture data

Calculate the midpoints and limits for a centipede plot

Display vectors along a horizontal reference line

Execute a graphic function on a plot

Fill a "corner" of a matrix with values

Get axis positions on a 3D plot

Display a Gantt chart

Correct for aspect and coordinate ratio

Find the margin width necessary to fit text or a legend next to a plot

Display a matrix of cell values as symbols.

Plot multiple variables as polygons on a radial grid

Engelmann-Hecker-Plot - EH-Plot

Display a rectangle filled with an arbitrary color gradient

Legend with grouped bars, lines or symbols

Get the breakpoints for a weighted histogram

Find an empty space on a plot

makeIntersectList

Count set intersections

Assign party members to seats

Display a barplot with a gap (missing range) on one axis

Gather the information to create a Gantt chart

Display a plot with one or two gaps (missing ranges) on one axis

Prepare a "panel" type layout

Show overlying points as counts

Draw arrows between points

Display an Australian wind rose

oz.windrose.legend

Display an Australian wind rose legend

Display perspective plot

Place labels on a pie chart

Add a background color to a plot

Scatterplot with histogram-like bars.

Display text in the margins of a 3D plot

Plot a multiple histogram, as a barplot

radial.plot.labels

Display labels on a circular grid

Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 2*pi radians

Find an empty space on a plot

Display a fan plot

drawSectorAnnulus

Display a radial pie sector

Display nested bars

Display an apparent cylinder

Display the output of brkdnNest

Display a shadow effect for an arbitrary polygon

Display a barplot with a gap (missing range) on one axis

intersectDiagram

Display set intersections

Calculate equally spaced values within a range.

Display a boxplot with a gap (missing range)

Arrange N seats in M semicircular rows

Calculate the proportion of specified values in a vector

Histogram "stacked" by categories

Draw segments on a 3D plot

color2D.matplot

Display a numeric matrix as color matrix

Place labels in boxes

Plot lines with colors determined by values.

World lightning strike data from 2010

Display a L'Abbe plot

Draw a rectangle filled with symbols

Draw boxes filled with symbols

makeDensityMatrix

Compute a matrix of counts from a list of x,y positions

plotrix-package

Specialized plots and plotting accessories

Key for interpreting lengths in a plot

Function to draw a multivari chart

Spread labels for irregularly spaced values

Soil texture data from 125 soils

Scale numbers into a new range

Display circles with specified size and color

barplot filled with symbols

Display text on a 3D plot

Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 360 degrees

Place staggered or angled labels on an axis

Plot confidence intervals/error bars

A pie-like graphic object

raw.means.plot: Raw-Means Plots for Experimental Designs

Spread out a vector of numbers to a minimum interval

Calculate standard error of the mean

Display text in a radial line

Display the columns of a matrix or data frame as stacked polygons

Draw a box filled with symbols

Count specified values in a vector

Triangle plot points

Display a plot with a rectangular section expanded in an adjacent plot

Find corner locations and optionally display a label

Maximum (or minimum) value cell in a matrix.

Minitab style dotplots.

Display a floating pie chart

Display a weighted histogram

Calculate equispaced x positions.

Plot with axis direction(s) reversed

Plot with two ordinates

Add an Inverse Rug to a Plot

Soil texture triangle plot

Triangle plot frame

Build a vector of color values

Triangle plot fill

thigmophobe.labels

Place labels away from the nearest point

Lines for triangle plot

Find the direction away from the closest point

soil.texture.uk

Soil texture triangle plot using UK conventions

Display a series of density curves.

getIntersectList

Enter a set intersection list

Enter three proportion data - usually soil textures

Get coordinates in the figure region in user units.

Get the position for a legend or table

Display text in the margins of a 3D plot

Display a 3D pie chart

Magnitude by position chart.

Paste the columns of a matrix together

Display labels on a 3D pie chart

Display a radial grid

Plot with repeated symbols by size

Plot sectors/annuli on a circular grid of 0 to 2*pi radians

Find the number of valid (not NA) values

Display magnitude/direction vectors

Display a "violin" plot

Display the title of a plot as a colored tab

twoord.stackplot

Multiple (stack) plot with two ordinates

Display a staircase plot

Display a hierarchical breakdown of disjunct categories

Display a staircase plot

Label the bars on a barplot

add p-values from t-tests

battleship.plot

Display a matrix of values as the widths of stacked rectangles

A bar plotting routine

Add a straight line to a plot

Display a nested breakdown of numeric values

Display text on a circular arc

Place a "break" mark on an axis

Display an axis with values having a multiplier

Add a table of values to a plot

Perform a nested breakdown of numeric values

A point/line plotting routine

bin.wind.records

Classify wind direction and speed records

Upper binomial confidence limit

Binomial confidence limits

Display a "bumps" (sequential ranking) chart

Lower binomial confidence limit

categoryReshape

Convert object label/attribute label coding.

Display an axis in a specified color