geom_step.md

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title: step author: Daniel Jones part: Geometry order: 1013 ...

Connect points using a stepwise function. Equivalent to Geom.line with Stat.step.

Aesthetics

• x: Point x-coordinate.
• y: Point y-coordinate.

Arguments

• direction: Either :hv for horizontal then vertical, or :vh for vertical then horizontal.

Examples

using Gadfly

Gadfly.prepare_display()
Gadfly.set_default_plot_size(14cm, 8cm)
srand(1234)

plot(x=rand(25), y=rand(25), Geom.step)