[R] Histograms of lots of variables

jim holtman jholtman at gmail.com
Mon Apr 16 23:47:02 CEST 2007


try:

win.metafile(file="output.wmf")
lapply(dataframe[3:20], hist)
dev.off()

On 4/16/07, mtb954 at gmail.com <mtb954 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi R-helpers,
>
> I wish to produce frequency histograms of all of the variables in my
> dataframe (except some identifying variables).
>
> I have tried
>
> >hist(dataframe[,3:20])
>
> to produce histograms of the 3rd through 20th variables in my dataframe, but
> R doesn't like that.
>
> Could anyone provide a suggestion?
>
> Also, once I produce the histograms, I'd like to save them as graphic files
> on my computer. How would I do that using code (rather than Right-click |
> Save as metafile, which would be tedious for dozens of histograms).
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
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