[R] squared "pie chart" - is there such a thing?

[(Ted Harding)]

[Follow-up -- see at end]

On 26-Jul-11 12:03:46, Ted Harding wrote:
> On 26-Jul-11 11:26:14, Jim Lemon wrote:
>> On 07/26/2011 02:40 AM, Naomi Robbins wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>> It's a shoot in the dark, but I'll try. If one has a total of 100
>>> (e.g., %), and three components of the total, e.g.,
>>> mytotal=data.frame(x=50,y=30,z=20), - one could build a pie chart
>>> with
>>> 3 sectors representing x, y, and z according to their proportions in
>>> the total.
>>> I am wondering if it's possible to build something very similar, but
>>> not on a circle but in a square...
>> 
>> 
>> Is this still going on? Okay, here's a square pie:
>> 
>> squarePie<-function(slices,x0=0,y0=0,x1=1,y1=1,firstcall=TRUE,pos=1,
>>   col=NULL,show.values=TRUE,...) {
>>   sliceprop<-slices[1]/sum(slices)
>>   if(firstcall) {
>>    oldmar<-par(mar=c(2,2,3,2))
>>   
>> plot(0,xlim=c(0,1),ylim=c(0,1),xaxs="i",yaxs="i",type="n",axes=FALSE,
>>     xlab="",ylab="",...)
>>    if(is.null(col)) col=rainbow(length(slices))
>>   }
>>   if(pos == 1) {
>>    ytop<-y0+(y1-y0)*sliceprop
>>    rect(x0,y0,x1,ytop,col=col[1])
>>    if(show.values) text((x0+x1)/2,(y0+ytop)/2,slices[1])
>>    y0<-ytop
>>   }
>>   if(pos == 2) {
>>    xright<-x0+(x1-x0)*sliceprop
>>    rect(x0,y0,xright,y1,col=col[1])
>>    if(show.values) text((x0+xright)/2,(y0+y1)/2,slices[1])
>>    x0<-xright
>>   }
>>   if(pos == 3) {
>>    ybottom<-y1-(y1-y0)*sliceprop
>>    rect(x0,ybottom,x1,y1,col=col[1])
>>    if(show.values) text((x0+x1)/2,(ybottom+y1)/2,slices[1])
>>    y1<-ybottom
>>   }
>>   if(pos == 4) {
>>    xleft<-x1-(x1-x0)*sliceprop
>>    rect(xleft,y0,x1,y1,col=col[1])
>>    if(show.values) text((xleft+x1)/2,(y0+y1)/2,slices[1])
>>    x1<-xleft
>>   }
>>   pos<-ifelse(pos==4,1,pos+1)
>>   if(length(slices > 1))
>>   
>> squarePie(slices[-1],x0,y0,x1,y1,firstcall=FALSE,pos=pos,col=col[-1])
>>   if(firstcall) par(oldmar)
>> }
>> 
>> squarePie(c(4,3,6,2,5,1),main="A square meal from Oz")
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> A very nice implementation, Jim! However, its existence allows me
> to test some perceptual concerns I have had about the "square pie
> chart" concept -- not unlrelated to the one we all have about
> ordinary pie charts, but somewhat different in nature.
> 
> Namely, it is interesting to comare the impressions one forms of:
> 
>   squarePie(c(10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1),main="A square meal from Oz")
>   X11()
>   squarePie(c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10),main="A square meal from Oz")
> 
> Possibly there may be scope for additional flexibility regarding
> the order in which the rectangles are placed in the chart. I know
> the user can select this by re-arranging 'slices', but maybe the
> function itself could try to be "intelligent" about this (though
> I'm at a loss at the moment to suggest what the basis for this
> should be)!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Ted.

And the comparison is even more interesting if (after the above)
you do:

  dev.set(2)
  # X11cairo 
  #        2 
  squarePie(c(5,1,2,7,3,10,4,6,8,9),main="A square meal from Oz")
  dev.set(3)
  # X11cairo 
  #        3 
  squarePie(rev(c(5,1,2,7,3,10,4,6,8,9)),main="A square meal from Oz")

Ted.

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