>>>>> "UweL" == Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:15:52 +0100 (MET) writes:
UweL> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Full_Name: Jerome Asselin
>> Version: 1.6.2
>> OS: redhat linux 7.2
>> Submission from: (NULL) (142.103.173.179)
>>
>> This is certainly not a big problem, but should there really
>> be a warning message when I run this?
>>
>> > x <- c(1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3)
>> > hist(x,sub="Sub Title")
>> Warning messages:
>> 1: parameter "sub" couldn't be set in high-level plot() function
>> 2: parameter "sub" couldn't be set in high-level plot() function
>>
>> The sub title DOES show on the graph. I believe the warning
>> message is generated by axis() which does not deal with the
>> parameter "sub".
>>
>> The hist() help file says:
>> ...: further graphical parameters to `title' and `axis'.
>>
>> I am aware of the challenges of dealing with dots (...) in
>> functions. Perhaps just a note in the help file about this
>> would be the best way to keep the code simple.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jerome
>>
UweL> This is very common. You will see similar warnings (Note: warnings, not
UweL> errors!) for many high-level plot functions with many graphical
UweL> arguments. It would be a bad idea to mention that on almost every
UweL> high-level plot funtion's help page, I think. Nevertheless, it might be
UweL> worth to mention it in the FAQs (Kurt ?), because we see questions
UweL> (rather than bug reports without apparent reason) on R-help quite
UweL> regularly (about once a month, I guess).
UweL> BTW: Martin Maechler addressed the underlying "problem" in his R-devel
UweL> message:
UweL> Subject: [Rd] Changing "..." inside a function: impossible? desirable?
UweL> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:07:08
UweL> where "problem" means that it is impossible (at least not easily with a
UweL> reasonable amount of code) to write code using "..." that avoids the
UweL> warning messages.
Thank you, Uwe.
As you know, Luke Tierney has remarked in that same thread that often the
problem can be solved by introducing an explicit argument (and
you know well that one can end up with two many arguments ! :-).
However, `sub' would really be a natural argument -- less for hist() than
for plot.histogram(), the plotting method called by hist() when
it's plot argument is TRUE.
Adding it there and pass it explictly to axis() solves this problem.
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