Hello, I implemented "symbols.stars", a sub routine plotting stars. It is intended to be called from "symbols". Please use it if it is acceptable. Yusuke Uchiyama Laboratory of Insect Physiology Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University e-mail: yusuke@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp ---cut here--- "symbols.stars" <- function (x, y, stars, add = FALSE, ...) { stars <- t(stars) i <- dim(stars)[1] anstep <- 2 * pi/i anstep <- anstep * 0:(i - 1) + pi/2 dim(anstep) <- length(anstep) anstep <- t(apply(anstep, 1, rep, dim(stars)[2])) dim(x) <- length(x) dim(y) <- length(y) x <- apply(x, 1, rep, i) y <- apply(y, 1, rep, i) x <- x + stars * cos(anstep) y <- y + stars * sin(anstep) x <- c(apply(x, 2, c, NA)) y <- c(apply(y, 2, c, NA)) if (add == FALSE) { xlim <- c(min(x[!is.na(x)]) - 1.5, max(x[!is.na(x)]) + 1.5) ylim <- c(min(y[!is.na(y)]) - 1.5, max(y[!is.na(y)]) + 1.5) plot.new() plot.window(xlim, ylim) } polygon(x, y) } -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._