Generate coordinates to place the vertices of a graph in a star-shape

A simple layout generator, that places one vertex in the center of a circle and the rest of the vertices equidistantly on the perimeter.

Usage

layout_as_star(graph, ..., center = NULL, order = NULL)

as_star(...)

Arguments

graph

The graph to layout.

...

Arguments to pass to layout_as_star().

center

The ID of the vertex to put in the center. The default NULL uses the first vertex.

order

Numeric vector, the order of the vertices along the perimeter. The default ordering is given by the vertex IDs.

Value

A matrix with two columns and as many rows as the number of vertices in the input graph.

Details

It is possible to choose the vertex that will be in the center, and the order of the vertices can be also given.

Related documentation in the C library

layout_star(), vcount(), layout_circle()

See also

layout() and layout_with_drl() for other layout algorithms, plot.igraph() and tkplot() on how to plot graphs and star() on how to create ring graphs.

Other graph layouts: add_layout_(), component_wise(), layout_(), layout_as_bipartite(), layout_as_tree(), layout_in_circle(), layout_nicely(), layout_on_grid(), layout_on_sphere(), layout_randomly(), layout_with_dh(), layout_with_fr(), layout_with_gem(), layout_with_graphopt(), layout_with_kk(), layout_with_lgl(), layout_with_mds(), layout_with_sugiyama(), merge_coords(), norm_coords(), normalize()

Author

Gabor Csardi csardi.gabor@gmail.com

Examples

g <- make_star(10)
layout_as_star(g)
#>             [,1]       [,2]
#>  [1,]  0.0000000  0.0000000
#>  [2,]  1.0000000  0.0000000
#>  [3,]  0.7660444  0.6427876
#>  [4,]  0.1736482  0.9848078
#>  [5,] -0.5000000  0.8660254
#>  [6,] -0.9396926  0.3420201
#>  [7,] -0.9396926 -0.3420201
#>  [8,] -0.5000000 -0.8660254
#>  [9,]  0.1736482 -0.9848078
#> [10,]  0.7660444 -0.6427876

## Alternative form
layout_(g, as_star())
#>             [,1]       [,2]
#>  [1,]  0.0000000  0.0000000
#>  [2,]  1.0000000  0.0000000
#>  [3,]  0.7660444  0.6427876
#>  [4,]  0.1736482  0.9848078
#>  [5,] -0.5000000  0.8660254
#>  [6,] -0.9396926  0.3420201
#>  [7,] -0.9396926 -0.3420201
#>  [8,] -0.5000000 -0.8660254
#>  [9,]  0.1736482 -0.9848078
#> [10,]  0.7660444 -0.6427876