segments {graphics}R Documentation

Add Line Segments to a Plot

Description

Draw line segments between pairs of points.

Usage

segments(x0, y0, x1, y1,
         col = par("fg"), lty = par("lty"), lwd = par("lwd"),
         ...)

Arguments

x0, y0 coordinates of points from which to draw.
x1, y1 coordinates of points to which to draw.
col, lty, lwd usual graphical parameters as in par, possibly vectors. NA values in col cause the segment to be omitted.
... further graphical parameters (from par), such as xpd.

Details

For each i, a line segment is drawn between the point (x0[i], y0[i]) and the point (x1[i], y1[i]).

The graphical parameters col, lty and lwd can be vectors of length greater than one and will be recycled if ncessary.

References

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

See Also

arrows, polygon for slightly easier and less flexible line drawing, and lines for the usual polygons.

Examples

x <- runif(12); y <- rnorm(12)
i <- order(x,y); x <- x[i]; y <- y[i]
plot(x, y, main="arrows(.) and segments(.)")
## draw arrows from point to point :
s <- seq(length(x)-1)# one shorter than data
arrows(x[s], y[s], x[s+1], y[s+1], col= 1:3)
s <- s[-length(s)]
segments(x[s], y[s], x[s+2], y[s+2], col= 'pink')

[Package graphics version 2.2.1 Index]