[R] Odp: Newbie on plotting
Petr PIKAL
petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Mon Feb 11 17:07:44 CET 2008
Hi
r-help-bounces at r-project.org napsal dne 08.02.2008 22:00:36:
> Hi...
>
> I am issuing a: plot(x,y), where x is a factor.
> i expect a box-and-whisker plot and I do get it.
> The data is 'bucketed' into 10 buckets on the x-axis.
> When I process some data, I get data in buckets 1,7,8,9 and 10.
> Problem is when I plot it, it shows only those buckets on the x-axis.
> if I subsequently do a points(4,3,pch-16) for example, it places the
> point not at x=4, but at x=9. It's as if R kind of forgot the scaling.
The position of boxes depends on levels of your factor. If you did
my.box <- boxplot(something)
you can look to my.box how your boxplot is really described. Based on what
you have said your processed data have factor for x axis only with
mentioned levels. If you want to keep all levels, you need to modify your
processing to do it, or you can add missing levels and order them
according to your wish.
x <- sample(1:10, 200, replace=T)
x[x>3 & x<6] <- NA
xx <- factor(x)
levels(xx) <- c(levels(xx),4,5)
plot(xx, rnorm(200))
ooo <- order(as.numeric(levels(xx)))
plot(factor(xx, levels=levels(xx)[ooo]), rnorm(200))
Regards
Petr
>
> What am I doing wrong here? I really would like 0-10 to appear
> on the xaxis and I can't seem to get this to work.
>
> Joe
>
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