[R] primer on plot function

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Christopher Marshall wrote:

> Can anyone point me to a document explaining how to
> use the plotting functions of R?

Well, the R-intro manual has a fairly detailed explanation.

> I just found R this week.  I have read "An
> Introduction to R" and ordered "Programming with Data:
> A Guide to the S Language" which should show up next
> week.

That is a guide to a (pre-release) version of version 4 of S: R is similar
to version 3 of S. I think it is likely to be quite misleading to a
beginner, as S4 is so different. In any case, on graphics it essentially
says graphical facilities exist and are described in Venables & Ripley and
Becker, Chambers & Wilks.

> Are there any documents on the web or other books I
> should consider?

Look at the documentation secion on CRAN.

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