[BioC] Venn Diagram of 4 Sets

Thomas Hampton Thomas.H.Hampton at dartmouth.edu
Thu May 14 20:04:24 CEST 2009


Thanks very much to Steffan and Thomas.

I have tried  gplots:venn and venndiagram()  and both work.

One question about Dr. Girke's solution  involving
circles for a 4 way Venn.

Aren't there too few areas inside 4 overlapping circles  (13)
to get the 15 areas you need for a 4 way?

Cheers,

Tom

On May 14, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Steffen Moeller wrote:

> The gplots in CRAN also offer 4- and 5-way diagrams.
> Many greetings
> Steffen
>
> Thomas Girke wrote:
>> Here is a simple solution for plotting 4-way venn diagrams as
>> circles or ellipses:
>> http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/ 
>> R_BioCondManual.html#R_graphics_venn
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote:
>>> This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a
>>> resolution.
>>>
>>> It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job
>>> with
>>> two or three sets, but not four.  I have four sets I'd like to
>>> compare. Has
>>> anyone solved this in a nice way?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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