Ah perfect thanks.  :)))

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On Feb 25, 2013, at 2:04 AM, PIKAL Petr <petr.pikal@precheza.cz> wrote:

> Hi
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-
>> project.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Ford
>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 7:57 AM
>> To: R help
>> Subject: [R] colors to pie chart.
>> 
>> hello, all.
>> 
>> i am trying something new and am stuck.  i typically go with whatever
>> colors the pie function pops out, but i would like to customize it.
>> 
>> please find below a sample dataset.
>> 
>> ##TVs per household.
>> TVs <- factor(c(rep("0", 1), rep("1", 16), rep("2", 14), rep("3", 12),
>> rep("4", 3), rep("5", 2), rep("6", 2)))
>> 
>> ##this runs just fine.
>> pie(table(TVs))
>> 
>> ##however, when i add:
>> colors <- c("cyan3","magenta","darkblue","darkmagenta","darkred",
>> "darkgoldenrod1", "deeppink")
>> 
>> ##and then:
>> pie(table(TVs, col=colors))
>> 
>> i receive this error.
>> 
>> Error in table(TVs, col = colors) :
>>  all arguments must have the same length
>> 
>> i have tried it a few different ways (changing color names, adding cex
>> arguments, etc), with same results.
> 
> Did you try changing position of parentheses?
> 
> pie(table(TVs), col=colors)
> 
> col is parameter for pie not for table.
> Regards
> Petr
> 
> 
>> 
>> i am not sure why i would be getting this message if it works without
>> the color functionality.  i did a quick search which yielded nothing of
>> value.
>> 
>> thanks in advance.
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