[Rd] axis.Date problem, bug(?)

[Gavin Simpson]

Gavin Simpson wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I have the following problem with axis.Date, here is an artificial example:
> 
> dates <- scan(what = "character")
> "25/03/2000" "26/03/2000" "27/03/2000" "28/03/2000" "29/03/2000" 
> "30/03/2000" "31/03/2000" "01/04/2000" "02/04/2000" "03/04/2000" 
> "04/04/2000" "05/04/2000"
> 
> dates <- as.Date(as.character(dates), format = "%d/%m/%Y")
> vals <- rnorm(12)
> plot(x = dates, y = vals, axes = FALSE)
> axis(side = 2)
> box()
> axis.Date(side = 1, x = dates, labels = "")
> Error in axis(side, at = z, labels = labels, ...) :
>         formal argument "labels" matched by multiple actual arguments
> 
> Which arises because axis.Date has this in the function:
> axis.Date
> function (side, x, at, format, ...)
> {
>     ...
>     labels <- format.Date(z, format = format)
>     axis(side, at = z, labels = labels, ...)
>     invisible()
> }
> 

Sorry, forgot the all important:

version
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platform i686-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i686
os       linux-gnu
system   i686, linux-gnu
status   beta
major    2
minor    1.0
year     2005
month    04
day      06
language R

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