[R] dotchart {graphics} 2.11.1 vs. 2.12.1

[Peter Ehlers]

On 2011-02-01 07:09, Joshua Wiley wrote:
> Hi,
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> Its a bit messy, but here is a quick work around:
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> dotchart(as.matrix(table(infert$education))[,1])
>
> I wonder if this has something to do with the addition of table
> methods for points() and lines().  I'll post back if I find anything
> more out.

Will this suffice:

  dotchart(c(table(infert$education)))

Peter Ehlers

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> Cheers,
>
> Josh
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Van Patten, Isaac T
> <ivanpatt at radford.edu>  wrote:
>> I have a factor vector of subject races (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White; n=30) that I want to plot with a Cleveland dotplot or dotchart.
>>
>> I tried the following in R2.12.1 :
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>>> dotchart(table(school$Race))
>> Error in plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : invalid plot type
>>
>> Using the same data set in R2.11.1 the operation succeeded (I tried several variations to be sure):
>>
>>> dotchart(table(school$Race))
>>> race2<-table(school$Race)
>>> dotchart(race2)
>>> dotchart(race2, pch=17,col="red")
>>
>> Each of these worked in 2.11.1 but not in 2.12.1;  What changed in the {graphics} package to alter this and is there a work-around?
>>
>> Isaac T. Van Patten, Ph.D.
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