Thanks David. ?biplot is not exactly verbose on the issue, but in hindsight
I can see how I might have figured that out on my own. In any case, I
appreciate the time you took to show me how to do that.

Best wishes, Mark Na


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 2:56 PM, David L Carlson <dcarlson@tamu.edu> wrote:

> ?biplot
>
> set.seed(42)
> pcout <- princomp(matrix(rnorm(1000), 100, 10))
> biplot(pcout)
> biplot(pcout, xlabs=rep(".", dim(pcout$scores)[1])) # small symbol
> biplot(pcout, xlabs=rep("", dim(pcout$scores)[1])) # no symbol
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> David L Carlson
> Associate Professor of Anthropology
> Texas A&M University
> College Station, TX 77843-4352
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
> > project.org] On Behalf Of mtb954@gmail.com
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 2:28 PM
> > To: r-help@r-project.org
> > Subject: [R] Clean up biplot resulting from princomp()
> >
> > Dear R-helpers,
> >
> > The vectors in my biplot are completely obscured by the ~1400 labels R
> > is
> > printing on my biplot. I don't really care about the labels. How can I
> > make
> > the biplot without the annoying labels?
> >
> > See attached, if that helps you see my problem.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Mark Na
>
>

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