[R] Plotting a function with curve()

[Simon Fear]

Clue is in the error message ... "an expression containing x". Not y.
This
works:

curve(x^2, from=0,to=1)

Think of plotting f(x), not calling it y.

SF


-----Original Message-----
From: Damon Wischik [mailto:djw1005 at cam.ac.uk]
Sent: 30 July 2003 15:11
To: R-Help
Subject: [R] Plotting a function with curve()

Why does
> curve(function(y) y^2, from=0,to=1)
not work, whereas
> myf <- function(y) y^2
> curve(myf, from=0,to=1)
work?

For the former, I get the error message
Error in curve(function(y) y^2, from = 0, to = 1) : 
	'expr' must be a function or an expression containing 'x'

I'm using R1.7.0 under Windows XP.

Damon Wischik.

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