Create a line chart

lineChart(
  data,
  x,
  y,
  curve = "curveLinear",
  stroke = "crimson",
  strokeWidth = 1.5,
  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
)

Arguments

data: The data frame containing the variables to consider.
x: The x-variable to consider. Must be a date variable in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format.
y: The y-variable to consider.
curve: The line's curve type to render. A complete list can be found here <https://github.com/d3/d3-shape#curves>. Defaults to 'curveLinear'.
stroke: The color of the line. Defaults to 'crimson'.
strokeWidth: The width of the line. Defaults to 1.5.
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 bars (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.

Value

A SVG line chart.

Examples

# 1. converting AirPassengers to a tidy data frame
airpassengers <- data.frame(
  passengers = as.matrix(AirPassengers),
  date= zoo::as.Date(time(AirPassengers))
)

# 2. plotting the line chart
lineChart(
  data = airpassengers,
  x = "date",
  y = "passengers"
)