[R] hist2d() function in R?

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Aleksey Naumov wrote:

> Dear R users,
> 
> I am just starting with R (v. 1.0.0) and I use Vehables & Ripley's
> MASS book for examples.
> In the intro session, there is an example of a 2D histogram on an 8x8
> grid:
> 
> x <- rnorm(1000)
> y <- rnorm(1000)
> contour(hist2d(x,y,,,8,8))

Not in the current edition of MASS!  (Not even in the 1997 second edition.)
Also, that is not a 2D histogram, but a 2D density plot. (The comment
refers to that and the next two lines.)

> R complains:
> 
> Error in contour(hist2d(x, y, , , 8, 8)) :
>         couldn't find function "hist2d"
> 
> I looked for hist2d() in the manual (including the latest development
> version), but didn't
> find it. Is there such a function or a suitable substitute?

The R scripts for MASS3 (in the MASS package in the VR bundle) have

x <- rnorm(1000)
y <- rnorm(1000)
dd <- kde2d(x,y)
contour(dd)
persp(dd, theta=-30, phi=30, d=5)
image(dd)

which does work in R, and is a much improved substitute.

In general, if you want to use MASS with R you need the 1999 edition and
to look at the scripts for R (and the on-line R complements).


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