[R] Some questions about plotting with R

[Robin Hankin]

Hi

>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the response Robin, but that document doesn't help me with
>> either my quest for plot3, or multiple figures (i.e. the 'figure'
>> command in Octave/Matlab).
>>
>> cheers,
>> Wee-Jin
>
> If you want three separate graphics windows (Devices) then,
>
> X11() # not really needed as plot() will produce a new device if  
> none is
>       # open
> plot(1:10)
> X11()
> plot(1:10)
> X11()
> plot(1:10)
>


This isn't in  R-and-octave.txt: I'll add it when I get a minute.

And come to think of it, R-and-octave.txt doesn't mention plot3,
probably because it's not implemented in octave AFAIR.
I'll add a section of 3D graphics, When I Get A Minute (tm).

You also have p3d() of the "onion" package for 3D plotting,
which you might find closer in spirit to the matlab functionality.

best wishes

rksh




> ...
>
> Will create a new device. see ?Devices for a list of devices you can
> open on your system or ?capabilities . It is so long since I used a
> Windows version of R, that I forget if X11() opens a Windows graphics
> device there as well.
>
> As for 3D stuff, you might take a look at persp() (in base R) and the
> scatterplot3D package. If you want to see what R's Graphics can do,  
> then
> the book R Graphics by Paul Murrell [1] will tell you all you need to
> know, and the excellent, online R graphics gallery [2] has lots of
> examples.
>





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