You left out y <- rnorm(x)
On 11/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. I was exploring the R software package and received the error > message "plot.new has not been called yet" when following "Appendix A A > Sample Session" of R-intro.pdf. I searched the message archives and > found no similiar report to mine. > > I am using R on CentOS and I am using the latest from R-project, version > 2.2.0. > > Here is my .Rhistory file recorded when following the appendix after the > first removal of variables (e.g. "rm(x,y)" ): > > x <- 1:20 > w <- 1 + sqrt(x)/2 > dummy <- data.frame(x=x, y=x + rnorm(x)*w) > dummy > fm <- lm(y ~ x, data=dummy) > summary(fm) > fm1 <- lm(y ~ x, data=dummy, weight=1/w^2) > summary(fm1) > attach(dummy) > lrf <- lowess(x,y) > plot(x,y) > lines(x, lrf$y) > > Results in: > > Error in plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, col = col, lty = lty, > ...) : > plot.new has not been called yet > > If I continue along with the list of commands, I yield similiar errors. > > I am unsure if this is related to using CentOS, my installation, bad > steps in the pdf file, or a bug in the software. I am leaning towards > the steps in the pdf. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
