What is the use of pheatmap function in R?

The pheatmap function is used to create clustered heatmaps but we can change the aesthetics of the plot by using color argument which is one of the main functionalities of pheatmap function. There are many other arguments that differentiate pheatmap from heatmap function.

Example

library(pheatmap)
M1<-matrix(rpois(25,5),ncol=5)
M1

Output

   [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5]
[1,] 3    4    6    4    7
[2,] 8    4    4    4    4
[3,] 3    4    4    3    5
[4,] 6    6    5    2    5
[5,] 6    2    4    9    5

Example

pheatmap(M1,color=1:25)

Output

Example

 Live Demo

M2<-matrix(rnorm(49,5,1.1),ncol=7)
M2

Output

      [,1]       [,2]    [,3]       [,4]    [,5]    [,6]    [,7]
[1,] 4.778689 3.170058 3.236074 4.924220 6.344139 5.165052 4.430805
[2,] 6.251534 3.627046 5.744434 4.981911 4.974563 5.472041 4.414312
[3,] 4.559849 4.104897 4.471648 5.627426 4.560692 4.637538 4.764127
[4,] 3.696921 3.644598 4.884887 6.319531 6.758847 5.693916 5.416243
[5,] 4.047975 5.451307 5.103429 5.589361 5.633622 2.823698 5.769911
[6,] 4.203473 3.700089 3.900442 5.271490 5.186845 4.887599 6.051715
[7,] 5.328909 5.717243 4.478628 6.739882 4.761643 4.895137 3.506979

Example

pheatmap(M2,color=1:7)

Output