[R] Histograms of lots of variables

[jim holtman]

This will put the colnames on the histograms:

lapply(3:20, function(.ind){
    win.metafile(filename=paste("file.", .ind, ".wmf", sep=''))
    hist(dataframe[[.ind]], main=colnames(dataframe)[.ind], xlab="")
    dev.off()
})


On 4/16/07, mtb954 at gmail.com <mtb954 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim, thanks for your help. That looks like it might work, but a couple of
> things...
>
> 1) The resulting 73 (in my case) histograms will be named by their variable
> number, not by the variable name contained in the first row. Any way to
> include the variable name in the resulting histogram?
>
> 2) How can I avoid having the resulting "output.wmf" files overwrite each
> other? I'd like to keep all of them, not just the last one.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
>
>
>
> On 4/16/07, jim holtman <jholtman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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>
>


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Jim Holtman
Cincinnati, OH
+1 513 646 9390

What is the problem you are trying to solve?