[R] boxplot with text and symbols on x

[Gabor Grothendieck]

See R News 6/2.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Birgit Lemcke
<birgit.lemcke at systbot.uzh.ch> wrote:
> Thanks that was a huge help.
>
> Now I am using this:
>
> pdf("InfLengMaxVarHomogeneity.pdf")
> plot(inflorescence_length_Max~Sex,xaxt="n"  #unterdrückt "normale x-Achse
> , ylab="inflorescence length max", main="Bartletts Homogeneity for
> inflorescence length Max",data=FemMal_Sex)
> Homo<-bartlett.test(FemMal_Sex$inflorescence_length_Max,FemMal_Sex$Sex)
> text( 2, 500, "Bartlett's K-squared=", col='red',adj = c(1,0) )
> text( 2, 500, round(Homo$statistic,digits=5), col='red' ,adj = c(0,0))
> text( 2, 480, "df=", col='red',adj = c(1,0) )
> text( 2, 480, Homo$parameter, col='red' ,adj = c(0,0))
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> text( 2, 460, "p-value=", col='red', adj = c(1,0))
> text( 2, 460, round(Homo$p.value,digits=5), col='red', adj = c(0,0))
> axis(1,at=c(1,2) #Mache punkte auf Achse in Position 1 und 2
> , lab=expression( "\u2642", "\u2640")) #zeichne dort Mann/Frau Symbole
> dev.off()
>
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> But the symbols do not appear in the pdf. What is the reason for that and
> how can I create a pdf with the symbols.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Birgit
>
> Am 29.05.2008 um 13:13 schrieb Gabor Grothendieck:
>
>> 1. See ?locator
>> 2. Try this:
>> plot(1:2, pch = c("\u2640", "\u2642"))
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Birgit Lemcke
>> <birgit.lemcke at systbot.uzh.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello R-user community!
>>>
>>> I am running R 2.7.0 on a Power Book (Tiger). (I am still R and
>>> statistics
>>> beginner)
>>>
>>> I did the following :
>>>
>>> pdf("InLnegthMaxHomogeneity.pdf")
>>> boxplot(inflorescence_length_Max~Sex, main="Bartletts Homogeneity for
>>> inflorescence length",data=FemMal_Sex)
>>> Homo<-bartlett.test(FemMal_Sex$inflorescence_length_Max,FemMal_Sex$Sex)
>>> text( 2, 500, "Bartlett's K-squared=", col='red',adj = c(1,0) )
>>> text( 2, 500, round(Homo$statistic,digits=5), col='red' ,adj = c(0,0))
>>> text( 2, 480, "df=", col='red',adj = c(1,0) )
>>> text( 2, 480, Homo$parameter, col='red' ,adj = c(0,0))
>>>
>>> text( 2, 460, "p-value=", col='red', adj = c(1,0))
>>> text( 2, 460, round(Homo$p.value,digits=5), col='red', adj = c(0,0))
>>>
>>> dev.off()
>>>
>>>
>>> As I am still not very good in R, I guess it is not the  easiest way to
>>> implement the text and it was kind of fiddling around to find the right
>>> position for the text.
>>> I would be glad if somebody would have an easier solution.
>>>
>>> My second question is about adding symbols (usual male and female symbol)
>>> to
>>> the x-axis to label the boxes.
>>>
>>> I would be very glad if somebody could help mw with this.
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Greets
>>>
>>> Birgit
>>>
>>> Birgit Lemcke
>>> Institut für Systematische Botanik
>>> Zollikerstrasse 107
>>> CH-8008 Zürich
>>> Switzerland
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>>> birgit.lemcke at systbot.uzh.ch
>>>
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> Birgit Lemcke
> Institut für Systematische Botanik
> Zollikerstrasse 107
> CH-8008 Zürich
> Switzerland
> Ph: +41 (0)44 634 8351
> birgit.lemcke at systbot.uzh.ch
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> 175 Jahre UZH
> «staunen.erleben.begreifen. Naturwissenschaft zum Anfassen.»
> Weitere Informationen http://www.175jahre.uzh.ch/naturwissenschaft
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