[R] Plotting FAQ?
Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? Thanks for any help, Dan. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Plotting FAQ?
On 3/3/2006 7:13 AM, Dan Bolser wrote: Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? I don't know of an FAQ with that level of detail, but there are two places I'd go to answer those if I didn't find the help in ?par: 1. Paul Murrell's book R Graphics. 2. The R Graph Gallery at http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/ Duncan Murdoch __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Plotting FAQ?
Le 03.03.2006 13:13, Dan Bolser a écrit : Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? Thanks for any help, Dan. Hi, That kind of QA could find a space in the R wiki. Volunteers ? http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php (the address will change though) Romain -- visit the R Graph Gallery : http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques Discover the R Movies Gallery : http://addictedtor.free.fr/movies +---+ | Romain FRANCOIS - http://francoisromain.free.fr | | Doctorant INRIA Futurs / EDF | +---+ __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Plotting FAQ?
Then there is the Graphing section of Paul Johnson's Rtips ... http://pj.freefaculty.org/R/Rtips.html#5 On 3/3/06, Dan Bolser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? Thanks for any help, Dan. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html -- HTH, Jim Porzak Loyalty Matrix Inc. San Francisco, CA __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Plotting FAQ?
This might help: http://zoonek2.free.fr/UNIX/48_R/03.html On 3/3/06, Dan Bolser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? Thanks for any help, Dan. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Plotting FAQ?
Romain Francois wrote: Le 03.03.2006 13:13, Dan Bolser a écrit : Hi, Since I started to make some 'final' plots of my data I found that I have tons of questions related to 'the little things'. Rather than bother the list with all the questions (ahem), or search the archives for similar questions and translate the context, I would like to find a FAQ for plotting in particular (and R programming in general). I know for sure (searching the list) that my questions have been answered many times and in many different contexts, however, I can't find any list of generic (best) solutions to common problems. For example, (a bit on the 'details' side, but...) How do I make my y axis labels / names appear horizontally? How do I put a plot within a plot? How do I scale the legend text in barplot(...,legend=T)? How do I generate a legend just like barplot(...,legend=T) using legend()? How do I give my axis labels a bit more space? (Shift the left/bottom of the plotting area right/up from the left/bottom of the device area)? These questions spring to mind because they are problems I am trying to deal with, I am sure you could imagine loads of more basic plotting questions. An FAQ is a great place to archive all the best community knowledge about what library is good for what functionality and what 'tips tricks' have the coolest code. Where should I look? Thanks for any help, Dan. Hi, That kind of QA could find a space in the R wiki. Volunteers ? http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php (the address will change though) Romain Great! I made a start (a very small start) from all the excellent suggestions I got (both on and off the list). Thanks all for those. http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/wiki/doku.php?id=faq As with everything Wiki, this first draft is a rough and horrible outline of what could be an excellent resource, if properly used. I don't think you need volunteers to maintain a Wiki, people just need to pick up the habit of sharing their knowledge in an open source environment. And get comfortable with hacking somebodies contributions to shreds in the name of style clarity. Oh... and my web integrated spell chewer is temporarily broken, so please excuse my horrendous spelling. (Its not broken hear!) __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
