[R] Adjusting format of boxplot

[Peter Ehlers]

And I guess I would also either leave out the vertical axis line
or add box(bty="l") after the axis(1, ....) call.

Peter Ehlers

On 2012-07-12 19:48, Peter Ehlers wrote:
> On 2012-07-12 18:39, David L Carlson wrote:
>> Sorry about that. I got rid of the box another way and then switched to using pars=
>> without making sure it worked. This works:
>>
>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group, 5:1) # 1
>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ", 5:1) # 2
>>
>> oldpar <- par(bty="n")
>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>>           data = flies,
>>           pars=list(las=1, ylim=c(10, 110), xaxt="n"),
>>           horizontal = TRUE,
>>           col = "red")
>>
>> axis(1, at=seq(10, 110, 20))
>> par(oldpar)
>
> Or you could add 'frame = FALSE' to the boxplot() call.
>
> Peter Ehlers
>
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> David
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> David L Carlson
>> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>> Texas A&M University
>> College Station, TX 77840-4352
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "darnold" <dwarnold45 at suddenlink.net>
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:53:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R] Adjusting format of boxplot
>>
>> Added your code:
>>
>>
>> flies <- read.table("example12_1.dat",header=TRUE,sep="\t")
>>
>> flies$group <- factor(flies$group,5:1)
>>
>> levels(flies$group) <- paste0("Group ",5:1)
>>
>> boxplot(long ~ group,
>> data = flies,
>> pars = list(las=1, ylim=c(10,110), xaxt="n", bty="n"),
>> horizontal = TRUE,
>> col = "red")
>>
>> axis(1,at=seq(10,110,20))
>>
>> Almost worked perfectly, except the frame around the plot remains, which is
>> strange as you have bty="n".
>>
>> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4636381/Rplot11.png
>>
>> David
>>
>
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