Create an area chart
areaChart( data, x, y, fill = "crimson", stroke = NULL, strokeWidth = NULL, xticks = NULL, yticks = NULL, xtitle = NULL, xtitleFontSize = 16, ytitle = NULL, ytitleFontSize = 16, title = NULL, titleFontSize = 22, font = "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif", bgcol = "#CAD0D3", opacity = 1, axisCol = "black", width = NULL, height = NULL )
data | The data frame containing the variables to consider. |
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x | The x-variable to consider. Must be a date variable in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format. |
y | The y-variable to consider. |
fill | The color of the area chart. Defaults to 'crimson'. |
stroke | Optional. The color of the stroke of the area. |
strokeWidth | Optional. The width of the area stroke. |
xticks | Optional. the number of x-axis ticks to consider. |
yticks | Optional. The number of y-axis ticks to consider. |
xtitle | Optional. The title of the x-axis. |
xtitleFontSize | The font size of the x-axis title. Defaults to 16. |
ytitle | Optional. The title of the y-axis. |
ytitleFontSize | The font size of the y-axis title. Defaults to 16. |
title | Optional. The title of the plot. |
titleFontSize | The font size of the plot title. Defaults to 22. |
font | The font family to consider for the titles. Defaults to "Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif". |
bgcol | The background color of the SVG. Defaults to "#CAD0D3" HEX color. |
opacity | The color opacity of the area chart (from 0 to 1). Defaults to 1. |
axisCol | the color of the x and y axis. It includes the ticks, the labels and titles. Defaults to 'black'. |
width | Optional. The width of the SVG output. |
height | Optional. The height of the SVG output. |
a SVG area chart
# 1. converting AirPassengers to a tidy data frame airpassengers <- data.frame( passengers = as.matrix(AirPassengers), date= zoo::as.Date(time(AirPassengers)) ) # 2. plotting the area chart areaChart( data = airpassengers, x = "date", y = "passengers", fill = "purple", bgcol = "white" )