[igraph] igraph doesn't recognise its shape="star"???

[Uri Shwed]

Dear all, 

I had a good R session when my (apple) computer crashed. Returning to what I was doing, igraph generated this very odd error:

 

Error in igraph.check.shapes(params("vertex", "shape")) : 

  Bad vertex shape(s): star. 

Since "star" is a good vertex shape, and the very same code worked and produced plots with stars before the crash, I figured the problem is with something in the environment that was there before and isn’t there now (after the crash). What could that be?And why doesn’t igraph works anymore as it used to?

I paste some code below, but I don’t think its relevant as the problem is with “star”, right?

Thanks,

Uri

pmEbw<-function(y,labe=TRUE,op=1,title="",aw=0.5,xl=c(100,492),yl=c(61,260)) {

    shape<-c("circle","circle","circle","square","square","square","star","star","star","vrectangle","vrectangle","sphere","sphere")

    color<-c("black","white","darkgrey","black","white","lightgrey","black","white","lightgrey","black","white","black","lightgrey","black","white")

    if (labe) {lab<-V(y$sg)$SDS} else {lab<-""}

    Colo<-as.numeric(V(y$sg)$D)

    shaper<-shape[Colo]

    if (op==1) {ec="grey32"} else {ec=add.alpha("darkgrey",op)}

    plot.igraph(y$sg,layout=y$lo,rescale=FALSE,xlim=c(-1,1),ylim=c(-1,1),edge.color=ec,edge.arrow.width=aw,vertex.shape=shape[Colo],vertex.frame.color=fcolor[Colo],vertex.color=color[Colo],vertex.size=8,vertex.size2=12,vertex.label.cex=0.5,main=title,vertex.label=lab)

}

> pmEbw(mind[[1]],title="1965-2000",labe=FALSE)

 Show Traceback

 

 Rerun with Debug

 Error in igraph.check.shapes(params("vertex", "shape")) : 

  Bad vertex shape(s): star. 

> 

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Uri Shwed, PhD.

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Beer Sheva 84105 Israel

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