R: Draw a curve representing a function

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## Draw a curve representing a function

### Description

Draw a curve representing a function.

### Usage

    grid.function(...)
    functionGrob(f, n = 101, range = "x", units = "native",
                 name = NULL, gp=gpar(), vp = NULL)

    grid.abline(intercept, slope, ...)

### Arguments

`f` | A function that must take a single argument and return a list with two numeric components named `x` and `y`.
`n` | The number values that will be generated as input to the function `f`.
`range` | Either `"x"`, `"y"`, or a numeric vector. See the ‘Details’ section.
`units` | A string indicating the units to use for the `x` and `y` values generated by the function.
`intercept` | Numeric.
`slope` | Numeric.
`...` | Arguments passed to `grid.function()`
`name` | A character identifier.
`gp` | An object of class `gpar`, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.
`vp` | A Grid viewport object (or NULL).

### Details

`n` values are generated and passed to the function `f` and a series of lines are drawn through the resulting `x` and `y` values.

The generation of the `n` values depends on the value of `range`. In the default case, `dim` is `"x"`, which means that a set of `x` values are generated covering the range of the current viewport scale in the x-dimension. If `dim` is `"y"` then values are generated from the current y-scale instead. If `range` is a numeric vector, then values are generated from that range.

`grid.abline()` provides a simple front-end for a straight line parameterized by `intercept` and `slope`.

### Value

A functiongrob grob.

### Author(s)

Paul Murrell

### See Also

Grid, `viewport`

### Examples

        # abline
        # NOTE: in ROOT viewport on screen, (0, 0) at top-left
        #       and "native" is pixels!
        grid.function(function(x) list(x=x, y=0 + 1*x))
        # a more "normal" viewport with default normalized "native" coords
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport())
        grid.function(function(x) list(x=x, y=0 + 1*x))
        # slightly simpler
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport())
        grid.abline()
        # sine curve
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport(xscale=c(0, 2*pi), yscale=c(-1, 1)))
        grid.function(function(x) list(x=x, y=sin(x)))
        # constrained sine curve
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport(xscale=c(0, 2*pi), yscale=c(-1, 1)))
        grid.function(function(x) list(x=x, y=sin(x)),
                      range=0:1)
        # inverse sine curve
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport(xscale=c(-1, 1), yscale=c(0, 2*pi)))
        grid.function(function(y) list(x=sin(y), y=y),
                      range="y")
        # parametric function
        grid.newpage()
        pushViewport(viewport(xscale=c(-1, 1), yscale=c(-1, 1)))
        grid.function(function(t) list(x=cos(t), y=sin(t)),
                      range=c(0, 9*pi/5))
        # physical abline
        grid.newpage()
        grid.function(function(x) list(x=x, y=0 + 1*x),
                      units="in")

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