Venn Diagram of 4 Sets

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Thomas Hampton ▴ 750

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This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a resolution. It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job with two or three sets, but not four. I have four sets I'd like to compare. Has anyone solved this in a nice way? Thanks, Tom

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Here is a simple solution for plotting 4-way venn diagrams as circles or ellipses: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/R_BioCondManual.htm l#R_graphics_venn Thomas On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote: > This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a > resolution. > > It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job > with > two or three sets, but not four. I have four sets I'd like to > compare. Has > anyone solved this in a nice way? > > Thanks, > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

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The gplots in CRAN also offer 4- and 5-way diagrams. Many greetings Steffen Thomas Girke wrote: > Here is a simple solution for plotting 4-way venn diagrams as > circles or ellipses: > http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/R_BioCondManual.h tml#R_graphics_venn > > Thomas > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote: >> This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a >> resolution. >> >> It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job >> with >> two or three sets, but not four. I have four sets I'd like to >> compare. Has >> anyone solved this in a nice way? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor

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Thanks very much to Steffan and Thomas. I have tried gplots:venn and venndiagram() and both work. One question about Dr. Girke's solution involving circles for a 4 way Venn. Aren't there too few areas inside 4 overlapping circles (13) to get the 15 areas you need for a 4 way? Cheers, Tom On May 14, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Steffen Moeller wrote: > The gplots in CRAN also offer 4- and 5-way diagrams. > Many greetings > Steffen > > Thomas Girke wrote: >> Here is a simple solution for plotting 4-way venn diagrams as >> circles or ellipses: >> http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/ >> R_BioCondManual.html#R_graphics_venn >> >> Thomas >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote: >>> This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a >>> resolution. >>> >>> It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job >>> with >>> two or three sets, but not four. I have four sets I'd like to >>> compare. Has >>> anyone solved this in a nice way? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bioconductor mailing list >>> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >>> Search the archives: >>> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/ >> gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >

ADD REPLY • link 14.9 years ago Thomas Hampton ▴ 750

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To generate geometrically correct 4-way venn diagrams you want to use the ellipse version. However, some of our users prefer the circle version because it is easier to navigate. Nevertheless, the latter should only be used if one isn't interested in the 2 missing overlap sectors. That's the only reason why the function provides options for both ellipses and circles. I hope the comment text on the web page points this out in a prominent enough manner to avoid confusions. Thomas On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 02:04:24PM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote: > Thanks very much to Steffan and Thomas. > > I have tried gplots:venn and venndiagram() and both work. > > One question about Dr. Girke's solution involving > circles for a 4 way Venn. > > Aren't there too few areas inside 4 overlapping circles (13) > to get the 15 areas you need for a 4 way? > > Cheers, > > Tom > > On May 14, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Steffen Moeller wrote: > > >The gplots in CRAN also offer 4- and 5-way diagrams. > >Many greetings > >Steffen > > > >Thomas Girke wrote: > >>Here is a simple solution for plotting 4-way venn diagrams as > >>circles or ellipses: > >>http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/ > >>R_BioCondManual.html#R_graphics_venn > >> > >>Thomas > >> > >>On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:12:59AM -0400, Thomas Hampton wrote: > >>>This is an old thread that pops up now and then, but I don't see a > >>>resolution. > >>> > >>>It is well known that limma's vennDiagram() function does a fine job > >>>with > >>>two or three sets, but not four. I have four sets I'd like to > >>>compare. Has > >>>anyone solved this in a nice way? > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>> > >>>Tom > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Bioconductor mailing list > >>>Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > >>>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > >>>Search the archives: > >>>http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Bioconductor mailing list > >>Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > >>Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/ > >>gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor > > > >

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