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xts (version 0.11-2)

addPolygon: Add a polygon to an existing xts plot

Description

Draw a polygon on an existing xts plot by specifying a time series of y coordinates. The xts index is used for the x coordinates and the first two columns are the upper and lower y coordinates, respectively.

Usage

addPolygon(x, y = NULL, main = "", on = NA, col = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x

an xts object to plot. Must contain 2 columns for the upper and lower y coordinates for the polygon. The first column is interpreted as the upper y coordinates and the second column as the lower y coordinates.

y

NULL, not used

main

main title for a new panel if drawn.

on

panel number to draw on. A new panel will be drawn if on=NA.

col

color palette to use, set by default to rational choices.

passthru parameters to par

References

Based on code by Dirk Eddelbuettel from http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2011/01/16/