label {dimensio} | R Documentation |
Non-Overlapping Text Labels
Description
Optimize the location of text labels to minimize overplotting text.
Usage
label(
x,
y = NULL,
labels = seq_along(x$x),
type = c("text", "shadow", "box"),
...
)
Arguments
x , y |
A numeric vector giving the x and y coordinates of a set of
points. If y is NULL , an attempt is made to interpret x in a suitable
way (see grDevices::xy.coords() ).
|
labels |
A character vector or expression specifying the text
to be written.
|
type |
A character string specifying the shape of the field.
It must be one of "text ", "shadow " or "box ". Any unambiguous substring
can be given.
|
... |
Further arguments to be passed to graphics::text() ,
particularly, character expansion, cex and color, col .
|
Value
label()
is called it for its side-effects: it results in a graphic
being displayed.
Note
This function is modeled after car::pointLabel()
(originally from the
maptools package).
Author(s)
N. Frerebeau
See Also
graphics::text()
[Package
dimensio version 0.9.0
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