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3.1 2D Renderer Function Arguments
3.2 2D Point Renderers
points
vector-field
error-bars
3.3 2D Line Renderers
function
inverse
lines
parametric
polar
density
hrule
vrule
3.4 2D Interval Renderers
function-interval
inverse-interval
lines-interval
parametric-interval
polar-interval
3.5 2D Contour (Isoline) Renderers
isoline
contours
contour-intervals
3.6 2D Rectangle Renderers
rectangles
area-histogram
discrete-histogram
stacked-histogram
3.7 2D Plot Decoration Renderers
x-axis
y-axis
axes
polar-axes
x-tick-lines
y-tick-lines
tick-grid
point-label
function-label
inverse-label
parametric-label
polar-label
6.10.1

3 2D Renderers

 (require plot) package: plot-gui-lib

3.1 2D Renderer Function Arguments

Functions that return 2D renderers always have these kinds of arguments:
  • Required (and possibly optional) arguments representing the graph to plot.

  • Optional keyword arguments for overriding calculated bounds, with the default value #f.

  • Optional keyword arguments that determine the appearance of the plot.

  • The optional keyword argument #:label, which specifies the name of the renderer in the legend.

We will take function, perhaps the most commonly used renderer-producing function, as an example.

Graph arguments. The first argument to function is the required f, the function to plot. It is followed by two optional arguments x-min and x-max, which specify the renderer’s x bounds. (If not given, the x bounds will be the plot area x bounds, as requested by another renderer or specified to plot using #:x-min and #:x-max.)

These three arguments define the graph of the function f, a possibly infinite set of pairs of points x,(f x). An infinite graph cannot be plotted directly, so the renderer must approximately plot the points in it. The renderer returned by function does this by drawing lines connected end-to-end.

Overriding bounds arguments. Next in function’s argument list are the keyword arguments #:y-min and #:y-max, which override the renderer’s calculated y bounds if given.

Appearance arguments. The next keyword argument is #:samples, which determines the quality of the renderer’s approximate plot (higher is better). Following #:samples are #:color, #:width, #:style and #:alpha, which determine the color, width, style and opacity of the lines comprising the plot.

In general, the keyword arguments that determine the appearance of plots follow consistent naming conventions. The most common keywords are #:color (for fill and line colors), #:width (for line widths), #:style (for fill and line styles) and #:alpha. When a function needs both a fill color and a line color, the fill color is given using #:color, and the line color is given using #:line-color (or some variation, such as #:line1-color). Styles follow the same rule.

Every appearance keyword argument defaults to the value of a parameter. This allows whole families of plots to be altered with little work. For example, setting (line-color 3) causes every subsequent renderer that draws connected lines to draw its lines in blue.

Label argument. Lastly, there is #:label. If given, the function renderer will generate a label entry that plot puts in the legend.

Not every renderer-producing function has a #:label argument; for example, error-bars.

3.2 2D Point Renderers

procedure

(points vs    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:sym sym    
  #:color color    
  #:fill-color fill-color    
  #:x-jitter x-jitter    
  #:y-jitter y-jitter    
  #:size size    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  vs : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 2 real?))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  sym : point-sym/c = (point-sym)
  color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  x-jitter : (>=/c 0) = (point-x-jitter)
  y-jitter : (>=/c 0) = (point-y-jitter)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (point-size)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (point-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that draws points. Use it, for example, to draw 2D scatter plots.

The renderer sets its bounds to the smallest rectangle that contains the points. Still, it is often necessary to override these bounds, especially with randomized data. For example,
> (parameterize ([plot-width    150]
                 [plot-height   150]
                 [plot-x-label  #f]
                 [plot-y-label  #f])
    (define xs (build-list 20 (λ _ (random))))
    (define ys (build-list 20 (λ _ (random))))
    (list (plot (points (map vector xs ys)))
          (plot (points (map vector xs ys)
                        #:x-min 0 #:x-max 1
                        #:y-min 0 #:y-max 1))))

'(image image)

Readers of the first plot could only guess that the random points were generated in [0,1] × [0,1].

The #:sym argument may be any integer, a Unicode character or string, or a symbol in known-point-symbols. Use an integer when you need different points but don’t care exactly what they are.

When x-jitter is non-zero, all points are translated by a random amount at most x-jitter from their original position along the x-axis. A non-zero y-jitter similarly translates points along the y-axis. Jitter is added in both directions so total spread is twice the value given. To be precise, each point p is moved to a random location inside a rectangle centered at p with width at most twice x-jitter and height at most twice y-jitter subject to the constraint that new points lie within [x-min, x-max] and [y-min, y-max] if these bounds are non-#f.

> (plot
    (points (for/list ([i (in-range 1000)])
              (list 0 0))
            #:alpha 0.4
            #:x-jitter 1
            #:y-jitter 1
            #:sym 'fullcircle1
            #:color "blue")
    #:x-min -2 #:x-max 2 #:y-min -2 #:y-max 2)

image

Randomly moving data points is almost always a bad idea, but jittering in a controlled manner can sometimes be useful. For example:

procedure

(vector-field f    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  y-min    
  y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:scale scale    
  #:color color    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:line-style line-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : 
(or/c (-> real? real? (sequence/c real?))
      (-> (vector/c real? real?) (sequence/c real?)))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : exact-positive-integer? = (vector-field-samples)
  scale : (or/c real? (one-of/c 'auto 'normalized))
   = (vector-field-scale)
  color : plot-color/c = (vector-field-color)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (vector-field-line-width)
  line-style : plot-pen-style/c = (vector-field-line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (vector-field-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that draws a vector field.

If scale is a real number, arrow lengths are multiplied by scale. If 'auto, the scale is calculated in a way that keeps arrows from overlapping. If 'normalized, each arrow is made the same length: the maximum length that would have been allowed by 'auto.

An example of automatic scaling:
> (plot (vector-field (λ (x y) (vector (+ x y) (- x y)))
                      -2 2 -2 2))

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procedure

(error-bars bars    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:color color    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:line-style line-style    
  #:width width    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  bars : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 3 real?))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (error-bar-color)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (error-bar-line-width)
  line-style : plot-pen-style/c = (error-bar-line-style)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (error-bar-width)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (error-bar-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws error bars. The first and second element in each vector in bars comprise the coordinate; the third is the height.
> (plot (list (function sqr 1 7)
              (error-bars (list (vector 2 4 12)
                                (vector 4 16 20)
                                (vector 6 36 10)))))

image

3.3 2D Line Renderers

procedure

(function f    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots a function of x. For example, a parabola:
> (plot (function sqr -2 2))

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procedure

(inverse f    
  [y-min    
  y-max    
  #:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Like function, but regards f as a function of y. For example, a parabola, an inverse parabola, and the reflection line:
> (plot (list (axes)
              (function sqr -2 2 #:label "y = x^2")
              (function (λ (x) x) #:color 0 #:style 'dot #:label "y = x")
              (inverse sqr -2 2 #:color 3 #:label "x = y^2")))

image

procedure

(lines vs    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  vs : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 2 real?))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that draws lines. This is directly useful for plotting a time series, such as a random walk:
> (plot (lines
         (reverse
          (for/fold ([lst (list (vector 0 0))]) ([i  (in-range 1 200)])
            (match-define (vector x y) (first lst))
            (cons (vector i (+ y (* 1/100 (- (random) 1/2)))) lst)))
         #:color 6 #:label "Random walk"))

image

The parametric and polar functions are defined using lines.

procedure

(parametric f    
  t-min    
  t-max    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . (sequence/c real?))
  t-min : rational?
  t-max : rational?
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots vector-valued functions of time. For example, the circle as a function of time can be plotted using
> (plot (parametric (λ (t) (vector (cos t) (sin t))) 0 (* 2 pi)))

image

procedure

(polar f    
  [θ-min    
  θ-max    
  #:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  θ-min : real? = 0
  θ-max : real? = (* 2 pi)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots functions from angle to radius. Note that the angle parameters θ-min and θ-max default to 0 and (* 2 pi).

For example, drawing a full circle:
> (plot (polar (λ (θ) 1)))

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procedure

(density xs    
  [bw-adjust    
  ws    
  #:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  xs : (sequence/c real?)
  bw-adjust : (>/c 0) = 1
  ws : (or/c (sequence/c (>=/c 0)) #f) = #f
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots an estimated density for the given points, which are optionally weighted by ws. The bandwidth for the kernel is calculated as (* bw-adjust 1.06 sd (expt n -0.2)), where sd is the standard deviation of the data and n is the number of points. Currently, the only supported kernel is the Gaussian.

For example, to plot an estimated density of the triangle distribution:
> (plot (list (function (λ (x) (cond [(or (x . < . -1) (x . > . 1))  0]
                                     [(x . < . 0)   (+ 1 x)]
                                     [(x . >= . 0)  (- 1 x)]))
                        -1.5 1.5 #:label "Density")
              (density (build-list
                        2000 (λ (n) (- (+ (random) (random)) 1)))
                       #:color 0 #:width 2 #:style 'dot
                       #:label "Est. density")))

image

procedure

(hrule y    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  y : real?
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Draws a horizontal line at y. By default, the line spans the entire plot area width.

procedure

(vrule x    
  [y-min    
  y-max    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  x : real?
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Draws a vertical line at x. By default, the line spans the entire plot area height.

3.4 2D Interval Renderers

These renderers each correspond with a line renderer, and graph the area between two lines.

procedure

(function-interval f1    
  f2    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line1-color line1-color    
  #:line1-width line1-width    
  #:line1-style line1-style    
  #:line2-color line2-color    
  #:line2-width line2-width    
  #:line2-style line2-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f1 : (real? . -> . real?)
  f2 : (real? . -> . real?)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (interval-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (interval-style)
  line1-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line1-color)
  line1-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line1-width)
  line1-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line1-style)
  line2-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line2-color)
  line2-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line2-width)
  line2-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line2-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (interval-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Corresponds with function.

> (plot (function-interval (λ (x) 0) (λ (x) (exp (* -1/2 (sqr x))))
                           -4 4 #:line1-style 'transparent))

image

procedure

(inverse-interval f1    
  f2    
  [y-min    
  y-max    
  #:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line1-color line1-color    
  #:line1-width line1-width    
  #:line1-style line1-style    
  #:line2-color line2-color    
  #:line2-width line2-width    
  #:line2-style line2-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f1 : (real? . -> . real?)
  f2 : (real? . -> . real?)
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (interval-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (interval-style)
  line1-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line1-color)
  line1-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line1-width)
  line1-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line1-style)
  line2-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line2-color)
  line2-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line2-width)
  line2-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line2-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (interval-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Corresponds with inverse.

> (plot (inverse-interval sin (λ (x) 0) (- pi) pi
                          #:line2-style 'long-dash))

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procedure

(lines-interval v1s    
  v2s    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line1-color line1-color    
  #:line1-width line1-width    
  #:line1-style line1-style    
  #:line2-color line2-color    
  #:line2-width line2-width    
  #:line2-style line2-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  v1s : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 2 real?))
  v2s : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 2 real?))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (interval-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (interval-style)
  line1-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line1-color)
  line1-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line1-width)
  line1-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line1-style)
  line2-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line2-color)
  line2-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line2-width)
  line2-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line2-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (interval-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Corresponds with lines.

> (plot (list
         (tick-grid)
         (lines-interval (list #(0 0) #(1 1/2)) (list #(0 1) #(1 3/2))
                         #:color 4 #:line1-color 4 #:line2-color 4
                         #:label "Parallelogram")))

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procedure

(parametric-interval f1    
  f2    
  t-min    
  t-max    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line1-color line1-color    
  #:line1-width line1-width    
  #:line1-style line1-style    
  #:line2-color line2-color    
  #:line2-width line2-width    
  #:line2-style line2-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f1 : (real? . -> . (sequence/c real?))
  f2 : (real? . -> . (sequence/c real?))
  t-min : rational?
  t-max : rational?
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (interval-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (interval-style)
  line1-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line1-color)
  line1-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line1-width)
  line1-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line1-style)
  line2-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line2-color)
  line2-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line2-width)
  line2-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line2-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (interval-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Corresponds with parametric.

> (define (f1 t) (vector (* 2 (cos (* 4/5 t)))
                         (* 2 (sin (* 4/5 t)))))
> (define (f2 t) (vector (* 1/2 (cos t))
                         (* 1/2 (sin t))))
> (plot (parametric-interval f1 f2 (- pi) pi))

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procedure

(polar-interval f1    
  f2    
  [θ-min    
  θ-max    
  #:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line1-color line1-color    
  #:line1-width line1-width    
  #:line1-style line1-style    
  #:line2-color line2-color    
  #:line2-width line2-width    
  #:line2-style line2-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f1 : (real? . -> . real?)
  f2 : (real? . -> . real?)
  θ-min : rational? = 0
  θ-max : rational? = (* 2 pi)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (interval-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (interval-style)
  line1-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line1-color)
  line1-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line1-width)
  line1-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line1-style)
  line2-color : plot-color/c = (interval-line2-color)
  line2-width : (>=/c 0) = (interval-line2-width)
  line2-style : plot-pen-style/c = (interval-line2-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (interval-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Corresponds with polar.

> (define (f1 θ) (+ 1/2 (* 1/6 (cos (* 5 θ)))))
> (define (f2 θ) (+ 1 (* 1/4 (cos (* 10 θ)))))
> (plot (list (polar-axes #:number 10)
              (polar-interval f1 f2 #:label "[f1,f2]")))

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3.5 2D Contour (Isoline) Renderers

procedure

(isoline f    
  z    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  y-min    
  y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:width width    
  #:style style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? real? . -> . real?)
  z : real?
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (contour-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (line-color)
  width : (>=/c 0) = (line-width)
  style : plot-pen-style/c = (line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (line-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots a contour line, or a line of constant value (height). A circle of radius r, for example, is the line of constant value r for the distance function:
> (plot (isoline (λ (x y) (sqrt (+ (sqr x) (sqr y)))) 1.5
                 -2 2 -2 2 #:label "z"))

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In this case, r = 1.5.

This function would have been named contour, except the name was already used by a deprecated function. It may be renamed in the future, with isoline as an alias.

procedure

(contours f    
  [x-min    
  x-max    
  y-min    
  y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:levels levels    
  #:colors colors    
  #:widths widths    
  #:styles styles    
  #:alphas alphas    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? real? . -> . real?)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (contour-samples)
  levels : (or/c 'auto exact-positive-integer? (listof real?))
   = (contour-levels)
  colors : (plot-colors/c (listof real?)) = (contour-colors)
  widths : (pen-widths/c (listof real?)) = (contour-widths)
  styles : (plot-pen-styles/c (listof real?)) = (contour-styles)
  alphas : (alphas/c (listof real?)) = (contour-alphas)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that plots contour lines, or lines of constant value (height).

When levels is 'auto, the number of contour lines and their values are chosen the same way as axis tick positions; i.e. they are chosen to be simple. When levels is a number, contours chooses that number of values, evenly spaced, within the output range of f. When levels is a list, contours plots contours at the values in levels.

For example, a saddle:
> (plot (contours (λ (x y) (- (sqr x) (sqr y)))
                  -2 2 -2 2 #:label "z"))

image

The appearance keyword arguments assign a color, width, style and opacity to each contour line. Each can be given as a list or as a function from a list of output values of f to a list of appearance values. In both cases, when there are more contour lines than list elements, the colors, widths, styles and alphas in the list repeat.

For example,
> (plot (contours (λ (x y) (- (sqr x) (sqr y)))
                  -2 2 -2 2 #:levels 4
                  #:colors '("blue" "red")
                  #:widths '(4 1)
                  #:styles '(solid dot)))

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procedure

(contour-intervals f 
  [x-min 
  x-max 
  y-min 
  y-max 
  #:samples samples 
  #:levels levels 
  #:colors colors 
  #:styles styles 
  #:contour-colors contour-colors 
  #:contour-widths contour-widths 
  #:contour-styles contour-styles 
  #:alphas alphas 
  #:label label]) 
  renderer2d?
  f : (real? real? . -> . real?)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (contour-samples)
  levels : (or/c 'auto exact-positive-integer? (listof real?))
   = (contour-levels)
  colors : (plot-colors/c (listof ivl?))
   = (contour-interval-colors)
  styles : (plot-brush-styles/c (listof ivl?))
   = (contour-interval-styles)
  contour-colors : (plot-colors/c (listof real?))
   = (contour-colors)
  contour-widths : (pen-widths/c (listof real?))
   = (contour-widths)
  contour-styles : (plot-pen-styles/c (listof real?))
   = (contour-styles)
  alphas : (alphas/c (listof ivl?)) = (contour-interval-alphas)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that fills the area between contour lines, and additionally draws contour lines.

For example, the canonical saddle, with its gradient field superimposed:
> (plot (list (contour-intervals (λ (x y) (- (sqr x) (sqr y)))
                                 -2 2 -2 2 #:label "z")
              (vector-field (λ (x y) (vector (* 2 x) (* -2 y)))
                            #:color "black" #:label "Gradient")))

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3.6 2D Rectangle Renderers

procedure

(rectangles rects    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line-color line-color    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:line-style line-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  rects : (sequence/c (sequence/c #:min-count 2 ivl?))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (rectangle-style)
  line-color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-line-color)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (rectangle-line-width)
  line-style : plot-pen-style/c = (rectangle-line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (rectangle-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that draws rectangles. The rectangles are given as a sequence of sequences of intervals—each inner sequence defines the bounds of a rectangle. For example,
> (plot (rectangles (list (vector (ivl -1 0) (ivl -1 1))
                          (vector (ivl 0 2) (ivl 1 2)))))

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procedure

(area-histogram f    
  bin-bounds    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:samples samples    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line-color line-color    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:line-style line-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  bin-bounds : (sequence/c real?)
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = 0
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  samples : (and/c exact-integer? (>=/c 2)) = (line-samples)
  color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (rectangle-style)
  line-color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-line-color)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (rectangle-line-width)
  line-style : plot-pen-style/c = (rectangle-line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (rectangle-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
Returns a renderer that draws a histogram approximating the area under a curve. The #:samples argument determines the accuracy of the calculated areas.
> (require (only-in plot/utils linear-seq))
> (define (f x) (exp (* -1/2 (sqr x))))
> (plot (list (area-histogram f (linear-seq -4 4 10))
              (function f -4 4)))

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procedure

(discrete-histogram cat-vals    
  [#:x-min x-min    
  #:x-max x-max    
  #:y-min y-min    
  #:y-max y-max    
  #:gap gap    
  #:skip skip    
  #:invert? invert?    
  #:color color    
  #:style style    
  #:line-color line-color    
  #:line-width line-width    
  #:line-style line-style    
  #:alpha alpha    
  #:label label    
  #:add-ticks? add-ticks?    
  #:far-ticks? far-ticks?])  renderer2d?
  cat-vals : 
(sequence/c (or/c (vector/c any/c (or/c real? ivl? #f))
                  (list/c any/c (or/c real? ivl? #f))))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = 0
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = 0
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  gap : (real-in 0 1) = (discrete-histogram-gap)
  skip : (>=/c 0) = (discrete-histogram-skip)
  invert? : boolean? = (discrete-histogram-invert?)
  color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-color)
  style : plot-brush-style/c = (rectangle-style)
  line-color : plot-color/c = (rectangle-line-color)
  line-width : (>=/c 0) = (rectangle-line-width)
  line-style : plot-pen-style/c = (rectangle-line-style)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (rectangle-alpha)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  add-ticks? : boolean? = #t
  far-ticks? : boolean? = #f
Returns a renderer that draws a discrete histogram.

Example:
> (plot (discrete-histogram (list #(A 1) #(B 2) #(B 3)
                                  (vector 'C (ivl 0.5 1.5)))))

image

Use #:invert? #t to draw horizontal bars. See stacked-histogram for an example.

Each bar takes up exactly one plot unit, and is drawn with (* 1/2 gap) empty space on each side. Bar number i is drawn at (+ x-min (* i skip)). Thus, the first bar (i = 0) is drawn in the interval between x-min (default 0) and (+ x-min 1).

To plot two histograms side-by-side, pass the appropriate x-min value to the second renderer. For example,
> (plot (list (discrete-histogram (list #(a 1) #(b 2) #(c 3) #(d 2)
                                        #(e 4) #(f 2.5) #(g 1))
                                  #:label "Numbers per letter")
              (discrete-histogram (list #(1 1) #(4 2) #(3 1.5))
                                  #:x-min 8
                                  #:label "Numbers per number"
                                  #:color 2 #:line-color 2)))

image

Here, the first histogram has 7 bars, so the second is drawn starting at x-min = 8.

To interleave histograms, such as when plotting benchmark results, use a skip value larger than or equal to the number of histograms, and give each histogram a different x-min. For example,
> (plot (list (discrete-histogram
               '(#(Eggs 1.5) #(Bacon 2.5) #(Pancakes 3.5))
               #:skip 2.5 #:x-min 0
               #:label "AMD")
              (discrete-histogram
               '(#(Eggs 1.4) #(Bacon 2.3) #(Pancakes 3.1))
               #:skip 2.5 #:x-min 1
               #:label "Intel" #:color 2 #:line-color 2))
        #:x-label "Breakfast Food" #:y-label "Cooking Time (minutes)"
        #:title "Cooking Times For Breakfast Food, Per Processor")

image

When interleaving many histograms, consider setting the discrete-histogram-skip parameter to change skip’s default value.

procedure

(stacked-histogram cat-vals 
  [#:x-min x-min 
  #:x-max x-max 
  #:y-min y-min 
  #:y-max y-max 
  #:gap gap 
  #:skip skip 
  #:invert? invert? 
  #:colors colors 
  #:styles styles 
  #:line-colors line-colors 
  #:line-widths line-widths 
  #:line-styles line-styles 
  #:alphas alphas 
  #:labels labels 
  #:add-ticks? add-ticks? 
  #:far-ticks? far-ticks?]) 
  (listof renderer2d?)
  cat-vals : 
(sequence/c (or/c (vector/c any/c (sequence/c real?))
                  (list/c any/c (sequence/c real?))))
  x-min : (or/c rational? #f) = 0
  x-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  y-min : (or/c rational? #f) = 0
  y-max : (or/c rational? #f) = #f
  gap : (real-in 0 1) = (discrete-histogram-gap)
  skip : (>=/c 0) = (discrete-histogram-skip)
  invert? : boolean? = (discrete-histogram-invert?)
  colors : (plot-colors/c nat/c) = (stacked-histogram-colors)
  styles : (plot-brush-styles/c nat/c)
   = (stacked-histogram-styles)
  line-colors : (plot-colors/c nat/c)
   = (stacked-histogram-line-colors)
  line-widths : (pen-widths/c nat/c)
   = (stacked-histogram-line-widths)
  line-styles : (plot-pen-styles/c nat/c)
   = (stacked-histogram-line-styles)
  alphas : (alphas/c nat/c) = (stacked-histogram-alphas)
  labels : (labels/c nat/c) = '(#f)
  add-ticks? : boolean? = #t
  far-ticks? : boolean? = #f
Returns a list of renderers that draw parts of a stacked histogram. The heights of each bar section are given as a list.

Example:
> (plot (stacked-histogram (list #(a (1 1 1)) #(b (1.5 3))
                                 #(c ()) #(d (1/2)))
                           #:invert? #t
                           #:labels '("Red" #f "Blue"))
        #:legend-anchor 'top-right)

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3.7 2D Plot Decoration Renderers

procedure

(x-axis [y    
  #:ticks? ticks?    
  #:labels? labels?    
  #:far? far?    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  y : real? = 0
  ticks? : boolean? = (x-axis-ticks?)
  labels? : boolean? = (x-axis-labels?)
  far? : boolean? = (x-axis-far?)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (x-axis-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws an x axis.

procedure

(y-axis [x    
  #:ticks? ticks?    
  #:labels? labels?    
  #:far? far?    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  x : real? = 0
  ticks? : boolean? = (y-axis-ticks?)
  labels? : boolean? = (y-axis-labels?)
  far? : boolean? = (y-axis-far?)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (y-axis-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a y axis.

procedure

(axes [x    
  y    
  #:x-ticks? x-ticks?    
  #:y-ticks? y-ticks?    
  #:x-labels? x-labels?    
  #:y-labels? y-labels?    
  #:x-alpha x-alpha    
  #:y-alpha y-alpha])  (listof renderer2d?)
  x : real? = 0
  y : real? = 0
  x-ticks? : boolean? = (x-axis-ticks?)
  y-ticks? : boolean? = (y-axis-ticks?)
  x-labels? : boolean? = (x-axis-labels?)
  y-labels? : boolean? = (y-axis-labels?)
  x-alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (x-axis-alpha)
  y-alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (y-axis-alpha)
Returns a list containing an x-axis renderer and a y-axis renderer. See inverse for an example.

procedure

(polar-axes [#:number num    
  #:ticks? ticks?    
  #:labels? labels?    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  num : exact-nonnegative-integer? = (polar-axes-number)
  ticks? : boolean? = (polar-axes-ticks?)
  labels? : boolean? = (polar-axes-labels?)
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (polar-axes-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws polar axes. See polar-interval for an example.

procedure

(x-tick-lines)  renderer2d?

Returns a renderer that draws vertical lines from the lower x-axis ticks to the upper.

procedure

(y-tick-lines)  renderer2d?

Returns a renderer that draws horizontal lines from the left y-axis ticks to the right.

procedure

(tick-grid)  (listof renderer2d?)

Returns a list containing an x-tick-lines renderer and a y-tick-lines renderer. See lines-interval for an example.

procedure

(point-label v    
  [label    
  #:color color    
  #:size size    
  #:face face    
  #:family family    
  #:anchor anchor    
  #:angle angle    
  #:point-color point-color    
  #:point-fill-color point-fill-color    
  #:point-size point-size    
  #:point-line-width point-line-width    
  #:point-sym point-sym    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  v : (sequence/c real?)
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (plot-foreground)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (plot-font-size)
  face : (or/c string? #f) = (plot-font-face)
  family : font-family/c = (plot-font-family)
  anchor : anchor/c = (label-anchor)
  angle : real? = (label-angle)
  point-color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  point-fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  point-size : (>=/c 0) = (label-point-size)
  point-line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  point-sym : point-sym/c = 'fullcircle
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (label-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a labeled point. If label is #f, the point is labeled with its position.

> (plot (list (function sqr 0 2)
              (point-label (vector 1 1))))

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The remaining labeled-point functions are defined in terms of this one.

procedure

(function-label f 
  x 
  [label 
  #:color color 
  #:size size 
  #:face face 
  #:family family 
  #:anchor anchor 
  #:angle angle 
  #:point-color point-color 
  #:point-fill-color point-fill-color 
  #:point-size point-size 
  #:point-line-width point-line-width 
  #:point-sym point-sym 
  #:alpha alpha]) 
  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  x : real?
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (plot-foreground)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (plot-font-size)
  face : (or/c string? #f) = (plot-font-face)
  family : font-family/c = (plot-font-family)
  anchor : anchor/c = (label-anchor)
  angle : real? = (label-angle)
  point-color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  point-fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  point-size : (>=/c 0) = (label-point-size)
  point-line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  point-sym : point-sym/c = 'fullcircle
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (label-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a labeled point on a function’s graph.

> (plot (list (function sin (- pi) pi)
              (function-label sin (* 1/6 pi) "(1/6 π, 1/2)"
                              #:anchor 'right)))

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procedure

(inverse-label f 
  y 
  [label 
  #:color color 
  #:size size 
  #:face face 
  #:family family 
  #:anchor anchor 
  #:angle angle 
  #:point-color point-color 
  #:point-fill-color point-fill-color 
  #:point-size point-size 
  #:point-line-width point-line-width 
  #:point-sym point-sym 
  #:alpha alpha]) 
  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  y : real?
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (plot-foreground)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (plot-font-size)
  face : (or/c string? #f) = (plot-font-face)
  family : font-family/c = (plot-font-family)
  anchor : anchor/c = (label-anchor)
  angle : real? = (label-angle)
  point-color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  point-fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  point-size : (>=/c 0) = (label-point-size)
  point-line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  point-sym : point-sym/c = 'fullcircle
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (label-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a labeled point on a function’s inverted graph.

procedure

(parametric-label f 
  t 
  [label 
  #:color color 
  #:size size 
  #:face face 
  #:family family 
  #:anchor anchor 
  #:angle angle 
  #:point-color point-color 
  #:point-fill-color point-fill-color 
  #:point-size point-size 
  #:point-line-width point-line-width 
  #:point-sym point-sym 
  #:alpha alpha]) 
  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . (sequence/c real?))
  t : real?
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (plot-foreground)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (plot-font-size)
  face : (or/c string? #f) = (plot-font-face)
  family : font-family/c = (plot-font-family)
  anchor : anchor/c = (label-anchor)
  angle : real? = (label-angle)
  point-color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  point-fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  point-size : (>=/c 0) = (label-point-size)
  point-line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  point-sym : point-sym/c = 'fullcircle
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (label-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a labeled point on a parametric function’s graph.

procedure

(polar-label f    
  θ    
  [label    
  #:color color    
  #:size size    
  #:face face    
  #:family family    
  #:anchor anchor    
  #:angle angle    
  #:point-color point-color    
  #:point-fill-color point-fill-color    
  #:point-size point-size    
  #:point-line-width point-line-width    
  #:point-sym point-sym    
  #:alpha alpha])  renderer2d?
  f : (real? . -> . real?)
  θ : real?
  label : (or/c string? #f) = #f
  color : plot-color/c = (plot-foreground)
  size : (>=/c 0) = (plot-font-size)
  face : (or/c string? #f) = (plot-font-face)
  family : font-family/c = (plot-font-family)
  anchor : anchor/c = (label-anchor)
  angle : real? = (label-angle)
  point-color : plot-color/c = (point-color)
  point-fill-color : (or/c plot-color/c 'auto) = 'auto
  point-size : (>=/c 0) = (label-point-size)
  point-line-width : (>=/c 0) = (point-line-width)
  point-sym : point-sym/c = 'fullcircle
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = (label-alpha)
Returns a renderer that draws a labeled point on a polar function’s graph.