[R] labels attached to variable names
Hi, Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as ylab and xlab when making plots. Thanks in advance, Denis Chabot --- Denis Chabot, Ph.D. Chercheur en bioénergétique Bioenergetics researcher Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Pêches et Océans CanadaFisheries Oceans Canada CP 1000, Mont-Joli, QC PB 1000, Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4G5H 3Z4 Canada Canada (418) 775-0624 (418) 775-0624 http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml __ 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] labels attached to variable names
Hi Denis, maybe something like this could be helpful: x - rnorm(20, 75); attr(x, label) - Weight of Males y - rnorm(20, 60); attr(y, label) - Weight of Females plot. - function(x, y, ...) plot.default(x, y, xlab=attr(x, label), ylab=attr(y, label), ...) plot(x, y) plot.(x, y) Best, Dimitris Dimitris Rizopoulos Ph.D. Student Biostatistical Centre School of Public Health Catholic University of Leuven Address: Kapucijnenvoer 35, Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32/16/336899 Fax: +32/16/337015 Web: http://www.med.kuleuven.ac.be/biostat http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0390867/dimitris.htm - Original Message - From: Denis Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: [R] labels attached to variable names Hi, Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as ylab and xlab when making plots. Thanks in advance, Denis Chabot --- Denis Chabot, Ph.D. Chercheur en bioénergétique Bioenergetics researcher Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Pêches et Océans CanadaFisheries Oceans Canada CP 1000, Mont-Joli, QC PB 1000, Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4G5H 3Z4 Canada Canada (418) 775-0624 (418) 775-0624 http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml __ 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] labels attached to variable names
I use Frank Harrell's library Hmisc to do this, it is very convenient! library(Hmisc) label(myVar)-my variable Anne - Original Message - From: Denis Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: [R] labels attached to variable names Hi, Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as ylab and xlab when making plots. Thanks in advance, Denis Chabot --- Denis Chabot, Ph.D. Chercheur en bioénergétique Bioenergetics researcher Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Institut Maurice-Lamontagne Pêches et Océans CanadaFisheries Oceans Canada CP 1000, Mont-Joli, QC PB 1000, Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4G5H 3Z4 Canada Canada (418) 775-0624 (418) 775-0624 http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml __ 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] labels attached to variable names
Denis Chabot wrote: Hi, Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as ylab and xlab when making plots. Thanks in advance, Denis Chabot Try library(Hmisc) ?label /Johan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. __ 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] labels attached to variable names
Denis Chabot chabotd at globetrotter.net writes: : : Hi, : : Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong : terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to : variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in : plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as : ylab and xlab when making plots. See ?comment . e.g. x - 1:10 comment(x) - My X y - x*x comment(y) - My Y plot(x, y, xlab = comment(x), ylab = comment(y)) Another possibility is 'label' in package Hmisc. __ 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] labels attached to variable names
Denis Chabot wrote: Hi, Can we attach a more descriptive label (I may use the wrong terminology, which would explain why I found nothing on the FAQ) to variable names, and later have an easy way to switch to these labels in plots? I fear this is not possible and one must enter this by hand as ylab and xlab when making plots. Thanks in advance, Denis Chabot The Hmisc package supports this: label(x) - 'Some Label' describe(x)# uses variable name and label plot(x, y, xlab=label(x)) Better: xYplot(x, y) # label used automatically And if you do units(x) - 'whatever units of measurement' then xYplot, describe, and other Hmisc functions will include the units (in a different font on graphs or when using latex()). Frank -- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University __ 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
