[Rd] boxplot.formula with missing values (PR#6846)

rdiaz at cnio.es rdiaz at cnio.es
Mon May 3 13:06:15 CEST 2004


If an array has missing values in different rows, plotting using the formul=
a=20
interface can produce errors. Example:


fake.data <- matrix(rep(-100:100, 4),
                    ncol =3D 4)

par(mfrow =3D c(1,2))
boxplot(fake.data ~ col(fake.data))
abline(h =3D 0, lty =3D 2)
boxplot(as.data.frame(fake.data))
abline(h =3D 0, lty =3D 2)

##### Add the missing data
fake.data[190:200, 1] <- NA
fake.data[1:5, 3] <- NA

## Bot only columns 1 and 3 should change!! (and in opposite directions)
par(mfrow =3D c(1, 2))
boxplot(fake.data ~ col(fake.data))
abline(h =3D 0, lty =3D 2)
boxplot(as.data.frame(fake.data))
abline(h =3D 0, lty =3D 2)

### The problem is that the same rows are removed from all the columns:

bp.a <- boxplot(fake.data ~ col(fake.data))
bp.df<- boxplot(as.data.frame(fake.data))

### which happens during the call to

eval(m, parent.frame())

inside boxplot.formula

**********************************

This happens in at least:

         _               =20
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686            =20
os       linux-gnu       =20
system   i686, linux-gnu =20
status   Patched         =20
major    1               =20
minor    9.0             =20
year     2004            =20
month    05              =20
day      02              =20
language R   =20

         _               =20
platform i386-pc-linux-gnu

arch     i386            =20
os       linux-gnu       =20
system   i386, linux-gnu =20
status                   =20
major    1               =20
minor    8.1             =20
year     2003            =20
month    11              =20
day      21              =20
language R          =20

         _                          =20
platform i686-pc-linux-gnu          =20
arch     i686                       =20
os       linux-gnu                  =20
system   i686, linux-gnu            =20
status   Under development (unstable)
major    2                          =20
minor    0.0                        =20
year     2004                       =20
month    04                         =20
day      30                         =20
language R         =20





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Ram=F3n D=EDaz-Uriarte
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(Spanish National Cancer Center)
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