[R] Aspect Ratio

[r.ookie]

plot(1:3) # usual way to view

plot(1:3, asp = 2) # convenient way to apply horizontal compression for visibility

plot(1:3, xlim = c(0, 4)) # but if you have information on what the graph looks like, you can manually apply the same horizontal compression

Was I going through some sort of "gang initiation" because I'm new, and didn't know it?

Phew, I'm glad it's over. Thanks for the help Spencer.

On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Spencer Graves wrote:

The documentation is not clear.  It would help if it had an example like the following:


plot(1:2, 1:2/10)
plot(1:2, 1:2/10, asp=1)


Does looking at these two plots answer the question?


Spencer Graves


On 8/19/2010 2:36 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
> 
> On Aug 19, 2010, at 5:28 PM, r.ookie wrote:
> 
>> Well, I had to look further into the documentation to see 'If asp is a finite positive value then the window is set up so that one data unit in the x direction is equal in length to asp * one data unit in the y direction'
>> 
>> Okay, so in what situations is the 'asp' helpful?
> 
> It yet again appears that you are asking us to read the help pages for you.
> 
> 
>> 
>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:24 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
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>> 
>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 5:13 PM, r.ookie wrote:
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>>> set.seed(1)
>>> x <- rnorm(n = 1000, mean = 0, sd = 1)
>>> plot(x = x, asp = 2000)
>>> 
>>> Could someone please explain what the 'asp' parameter is doing?
>> 
>> You want us to read the help page to you?
>> 
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