A function that calculates the coordinates of parliamentary seats in incomplete circular parliaments E.g. The US (semicircle) and Australian (horseshoe) shaped parliaments

Source: R/helper_funcs.R

A function that calculates the coordinates of parliamentary seats in incomplete circular parliaments E.g. The US (semicircle) and Australian (horseshoe) shaped parliaments

calc_coordinates(N, M, limits, segment = 0.5)

Arguments

N

the total of number of seats

M

the number of rows in parliament

limits

the limits to seq the radii between- controls the 'shape' of the parliament

segment

the percentage of a full circle for the final plot- defaults to 0.5 (a semicircle)

Author

Zoe Meers, Rob Hickman