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  • http://manuals.bioinformatics.ucr.edu/home/R_BioCondManual#TOC-Venn-Diagrams and the R code or the Bioc package systemPipeR
    # systemPipeR package method
    library(systemPipeR)
    setlist <- list(A=sample(letters, 18), B=sample(letters, 16), C=sample(letters, 20), D=sample(letters, 22), E=sample(letters, 18)) 
    OLlist <- overLapper(setlist[1:3], type="vennsets")
    vennPlot(list(OLlist))                             
    
    # R script source method
    source("http://faculty.ucr.edu/~tgirke/Documents/R_BioCond/My_R_Scripts/overLapper.R") 
    setlist <- list(A=sample(letters, 18), B=sample(letters, 16), C=sample(letters, 20), D=sample(letters, 22), E=sample(letters, 18)) 
    # or (obtained by dput(setlist))
    setlist <- structure(list(A = c("o", "h", "u", "p", "i", "s", "a", "w", 
    "b", "z", "n", "c", "k", "j", "y", "m", "t", "q"), B = c("h", 
    "r", "x", "y", "b", "t", "d", "o", "m", "q", "g", "v", "c", "u", 
    "f", "z"), C = c("b", "e", "t", "u", "s", "j", "o", "k", "d", 
    "l", "g", "i", "w", "n", "p", "a", "y", "x", "m", "z"), D = c("f", 
    "g", "b", "k", "j", "m", "e", "q", "i", "d", "o", "l", "c", "t", 
    "x", "r", "s", "u", "w", "a", "z", "n"), E = c("u", "w", "o", 
    "k", "n", "h", "p", "z", "l", "m", "r", "d", "q", "s", "x", "b", 
    "v", "t"), F = c("o", "j", "r", "c", "l", "l", "u", "b", "f", 
    "d", "u", "m", "y", "t", "y", "s", "a", "g", "t", "m", "x", "m"
    )), .Names = c("A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"))
    
    OLlist <- overLapper(setlist[1:3], type="vennsets")
    counts <- list(sapply(OLlist$Venn_List, length))  
    vennPlot(counts=counts)                           
    

    File:Vennplot.png

Online tools

UpSet plot

VennDiagram*

  • VennDiagram. As good as the "venn" package. Many reverse imports and suggests.
  • Venn Diagram with R or RStudio: A Million Ways. Question: why the sets orders are changed?
  • Example from the help
    grid.newpage()
    grid.draw(venn.diagram(list(A = 1:150, B = 121:170), NULL) ) # no colors (BW), circle size proportional to size
    
    list1 <- paste0("A", 1:30)
    list2 <- c(paste0("A", 15:35), paste0("B", 1:10))
    list3 <- c(paste0("A", 10:20), paste0("B", 5:15), paste0("C", 1:10))
    grid.newpage()
    grid.draw(venn.diagram(list(A = list1, B = list2, C=list3), NULL, 
                            category.names = c("Set 1" , "Set 2 ", "Set 3"), 
                            fill = c("#0073C2FF", "#CD534CFF", "#EFC000FF"),
                           alpha = .8, 
                           col = "transparent"  # no border
               ) )  # 3 circles same size
  • VennDiagram: a package for the generation of highly-customizable Venn and Euler diagrams in R. scaling is one option.
  • https://www.r-graph-gallery.com/venn-diagram.html
  • And a trick to make scaling works.

venn

library(venn)
set.seed(12345)
x <- list(First = 1:40, Second = 15:60, Third = sample(25:50, 25), 
          Fourth=sample(15:65, 35))
venn(x, ilabels = "counts", zcolor = "style", ilcs = 1.2, sncs = 1)

In this example, ilcs and sncs will control the font size of the intersection labels and set names, respectively.

ggVennDiagram

https://cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/ggVennDiagram/index.html, github.

Cons: there is no way to have multiple colors for different sets.

ggvenn

library(ggvenn)
ggvenn(list(A = 1:150, B = 121:170, C=141:200), 
         fill_color = c("#0073C2FF", "#CD534CFF", "#EFC000FF")) # looks normal

Cons: The generated plot looks good. But the locations of set labels are weird and not adjustable.

gplots

black and white?

gplots::venn(list(A = 1:150, B = 121:170, C=141:200))

Vennerable

Vennerable package https://github.com/js229/Vennerable

limma

eulerr

  • eulerr package
  • The circle sizes are proportional to the list sizes. However, the diagram can look very weird sometimes.
  • For some reason, if I use png() to save the plot, it works in the interactive mode, but not when I try to render a Rmd file.