I have a set of data in the form
x1, y1, z1
x1, y2, z2
...
x1, yN, zN
x2, y1, z(N+1)
x2, y2, z(N+2)
...
x2, yN, z(2N)
...and so on...
xM, yN, val(M*N)


I have been trying to figure out how to get R to use this data in a  
persp plot.  So far the only thing that I can figure out to do is to  
break the data file into three different files.  The first file  
contains the x-coordinate data:
x1
x2
...
xM
The second file contains the data
y1
y2
...
yN
And finally the last file contains the data for the z-axis.
z1
z2
...
z(M*N)
Once I have the three data files created I use them in the following R  
script:

cat << EOF | R --no-save
def.par <- par(no.readonly = TRUE)

en_range <- c(-6.2, 0.0)
om_range <- c(-200.0, 500.0)
ze_range <- c(0.0, 1.0)
z_perspective <-c(0,3)

xdata <- scan("x.txt", list(0))
ydata <- scan("y.txt", list(0))
zdata <- scan("z.txt", list(0))

f <- function(xdata,ydata) { rr <- zdata; rr }
z <- outer(xdata, ydata, f)

pdf(file="persp.pdf",height = 8, width =8)

persp(xdata, ydata, z, axes = TRUE, nticks = 5, ticktype =  
"detailed",r=1.5)

dev.off()

q()

EOF

The problem is that when I look at the plot, the peaks of the zdata  
are i
The problem is that when I look at the plot, the peaks of the zdata  
are in the wrong places on the x axis.  I have carefully looked over  
my data files and I am confident that they are correct.  Thus I  
believe that the error is in my R script; most likely in the following  
lines

f <- function(xdata,ydata) { rr <- zdata; rr }
z <- outer(xdata, ydata, f)

Do you have any suggestions?



Chad Junkermeier, Graduate Student
Dept. of Physics
West Virginia University
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