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Date of this Version
12-2012
Document Type
Article
Citation
The R Journal (December 2012) 4(2)
Abstract
The R graphics engine has new support for drawing complex paths via the functions polypath() and grid.path(). This article explains what is meant by a complex path and demonstrates the usefulness of complex paths in drawing non-trivial shapes, logos, customised data symbols, and maps.
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Comments
Copyright 2012, The R Foundation. Open access material. License: CC BY 3.0 Unported