Implement the equivalent of abline (plot line using slope/intercept only) to add line to graph
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Description
Currently there seems to be no way to add a line to an existing graph (e.g. as a new trace) based on slope and intercept and without the necessity to find out the actual ranges of x and y axes of the figure.
All examples I have seen so far are based on using existing x values of dots in a scatter plot, calculating the corresponding y values for the line and adding those line segments in a new scatter plot trace.
But this has two huge disadvantages:
- the y values have to get calculated for those x values (which may be a lot) or x values need to get selected
- if a lot of segmets are calculated, the graph complexity increases a lot as well
But plotting a line based on just slope and intercept is probably the second most easy thing to do, so there should be a way to add a line that way.
The basic signature of the corresponding method or class could be similar to the corresponding R function:
ABline(a=intercept, b=slope, h=yforhorizontallines, v=xforverticallines)
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Research direction
No files or tests are named in the issue. Start by reviewing the existing plotting API and tests for adding lines or traces, then compare their behavior with the requested R-style signature. Done means a line can be added from slope/intercept alone, with horizontal and vertical line options, without requiring sampled x values or manual axis-range lookup.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100