\name{polar} \alias{polar} \title{ Polar Coordinate Plot (Matlab Style) } \description{ The polar function accepts polar coordinates, plots them in a Cartesian plane, and draws the polar grid on the plane. } \usage{ polar(t, r, type="l", col = "blue", grcol = "darkgrey", bxcol = "black", main = "Polar Plot", add = FALSE, ...) } \arguments{ \item{t, r}{vectors specifying angle and radius.} \item{type}{type of the plot, lines, points, or no plotting.} \item{col}{color of the graph.} \item{grcol, bxcol}{color of grid anf box around the plot.} \item{main}{plot title.} \item{add}{logical; if true, the graph will be plotted into the coordinate system of an existing plot.} \item{...}{plotting parameters to be passed to the \code{points} function.} } \details{ \code{polar(theta,rho)} creates a polar coordinate plot of the angle \code{theta} versus the radius \code{rho}. \code{theta} is the angle from the x-axis to the radius vector specified in radians; \code{rho} is the length of the radius vector. } \value{ Generates a plot; no returns. } \examples{ \dontrun{ t <- deg2rad(seq(0, 360, by = 2)) polar(t, cos(2*t), bxcol = "white", main = "Sine and Cosine") polar(t, sin(2*t), col = "red", add = TRUE) } } \keyword{ graphs }