Plot Cyclic Data (General Format)

This function plots values corresponding to random periods such as hours, days, months and so on.

Usage

cyclic_chart(df, Period, Value, crit, ColV)

Arguments

df

A data frame

Period

A list of periodical values such as hours of the day, days of the week, months of the year and so on.

Value

A numeric vector with the values corresponding to the Period

crit

A factor variable based on which the bars would be colored.

ColV

A character vector with the list of colors for the bars. You can use this online tool (https://r-charts.com/color-palette-generator/) to create a beautiful color palette.

Value

A ggplot object, which can be further modified with ggplot2 functions and themes.

Details

This can plot values corresponding to multiple categories, for example, temperature in different cities on the days of a week, or rainfall by month in a year.

See also

day_chart() for plotting values on a day by hours, week_chart() for plotting values in a week by days, year_chart() for plotting values in a year by months

Examples

# Using package built-in bdtemp data
Col <- c("#0040ff", "#00bfff", "#8000ff")
cyclic_chart(bdtemp,
  Period = Month, Value = Temperature,
  crit = City, ColV = Col
)