shape (version 1.2.2)

colorlegend: adds a color legend to a plot.

Description

Adds a color legend to a plot.

Usage

colorlegend(col=femmecol(100), zlim, zlevels=5, dz=NULL,
  zval=NULL, log=FALSE, posx=c(0.9,0.93), posy=c(0.05,0.9), 
  main=NULL, main.cex=1.0, main.col="black", lab.col="black", 
  digit=0, left=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

col

color palette to be used; also allowed are two extremes or one value.

zlim

two-valued vector, the minimum and maximum z values.

zlevels

number of z-levels, one value, ignored if dz or zval not equal to NULL.

dz

increment in legend values, one value; ignored if zval not equal to NULL.

zval

a vector of z-values to label legend.

log

logical indicating whether to log transform or not.

posx

relative position of left and right edge of color bar on first axis, [0,1].

posy

relative position on lower and upper edge of colar bar on second axis, [0,1].

main

main title, written above the color bar.

main.cex

relative size of main title.

main.col

color of main title.

lab.col

color of labels.

digit

number of significant digits in labels.

left

logical indicating whether to put the labels on the right (TRUE) or on the left (FALSE).

...

arguments passed to R-function text when writing labels.

Examples

emptyplot(main="colorlegend")
  colorlegend(zlim=c(0,10))
  colorlegend(posx=c(0.8,0.83),col=greycol(100),zlim=c(0,1),digit=1)
  colorlegend(posx=c(0.7,0.73),left=TRUE,col=rainbow(100),zlim=c(0,10),
              digit=1,dz=2.5)
  colorlegend(posx=c(0.5,0.53),col=intpalette(c("red","yellow","black"),100),
              zlim=c(0,20),zval=c(1,3,7,15))
  colorlegend(posy=c(0.0,0.15),posx=c(0.2,0.3),col=rainbow(100),zlim=c(0,1),
              zlevels=NULL,main="rainbow")
  colorlegend(posy=c(0.25,0.4),posx=c(0.2,0.3),zlim=c(0,1),zlevels=NULL,
              main="femmecol")
  colorlegend(posy=c(0.5,0.65),posx=c(0.2,0.3),col=terrain.colors(100),
              zlim=c(0,1),zlevels=NULL,main="terrain.colors")
  colorlegend(posy=c(0.75,0.9),posx=c(0.2,0.3),col=heat.colors(100),
              zlim=c(0,1),zlevels=NULL,main="heat.colors")