[R] what's wrong with plot(..., type="p")?

[Ivan Calandra]

Dear Bob,
Thanks for your answer! I didn't think factors would be a problem for plot()
Ivan

Le 4/26/2011 12:21, Bob O'Hara a écrit :
>
>
> On 26 April 2011 12:08, Ivan Calandra <ivan.calandra at uni-hamburg.de 
> <mailto:ivan.calandra at uni-hamburg.de>> wrote:
>
>     Dear users,
>
>     I'm trying to get a dot plot but always end up with a boxplot. Can
>     someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
>     df <- structure(list(FACETTE = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L,
>     + 2L, 2L), .Label = c("base", "tip"), class = "factor"), Sq =
>     c(274836,
>     + 0.74182, 0.709205, 0.984552, 279869, 255712, 26566, 301464)),
>     .Names = c("FACETTE",
>     + "Sq"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 6L,
>     + 7L, 8L, 9L))
>
>     with(df, plot(Sq~FACETTE, type="p"))
>     with(df, plot(Sq~FACETTE, type="n"))
>
>     I get boxplots in both cases. What should I do to get points
>     instead of boxes?
>
> Don't use a factor?
>
> with(df, plot(Sq~as.numeric(FACETTE), type="p"))
>
> works, but you then need to play a bit with the x axis to get the 
> labels etc. right:
>
> with(df, plot(Sq~as.numeric(FACETTE), type="p", xaxt="n"))
>  axis(1, c("base", "tip"), at=c(1,2))
>
> Bob
>
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Ivan CALANDRA
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