Dear Steve,
it is hard to answer without a example, which can be
reproduced. I'll try:
I think you have a data with a like:
xx <- data.frame(y=rnorm(100),
x1=as.factor(round(runif(100,1,4))),
x2=as.factor(round(runif(100,1,4)))
)
attach(xx)
##and do a:
by(y,list(x1,x2),plot)
##if you look at values:
by(y,list(x1,x2),function(x)print(x))
##you see that by passes a vector to plot.
##you can do a
xn <- codes(x1)
coplot(y~xn|x2)
##or you use a loop:
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
for( i in unique(codes(x1))) plot.default(x2 [codes(x1)== i]
, y[codes(x1)==i ]
,main=paste("Code:",i)
)
##of course there might be ways to use tapply, lapply etc.
If you want to know why plot.default is nessary to avoid the boxpots, read
the documentation of R "R-intro" part 3.4 "The class of an
object" and
related things.
Peter
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Steve Arthur wrote:
> Rers,
>
> I have been using the function 'by' in such a manner:
>
> by(LogMetric, list(Loci.Number=Loci.Number, Code.Flag=Code.Flag), plot)
>
> with
>
> par(mfrow=c(5,3))
>
> to produce a single R Graphics: Device with 14 different plots on it as
> described above in my 'by' statement. Thank you for helping me
thus far.
>
> A similar command using 'tapply' can be written as well.
>
> My problems being:
>
> 1) Although several LogMetric values may be plotted against several of
> the same factors (x-value), they are not listed under the same x-value,
> but as separate points (which does not make sense for an x-y plot). When
> I just use the plot(x,f) I get boxplots which I don't want, I want to
see
> the individual y-points above a particular x-value.
>
> 2) Using 'tapply' or 'by', can non-numeric x-labels be
generate for the
> plots, of which the factors are R factors. I don't understand why the
> numeric values are appearing in the first place.
>
> 3) Is there another, simpler, way to subset data and make intelligible
> plots with R? This industrial strength stuff takes two seconds in SAS (I
> am not implying anything by that statement). I would think this would be
> a very common statistical task to complete.
>
> Thanks,
>
> steve
>
> PS Addition to hopefully receiving good "by" and
"tapply" examples from
> you,
>
> 1) Can the 'for' statement 'for (var in seq) expr' use
factors as
> agruements? The example in manual says 'for(i in 1:5)'. I would
want to
> do something like 'for(i in Loci.Number)' w/o being able to specify
a
> general range in advance I am lost. Am I lost? Unfortunately, CRAN
> rejects my two searches for 'by' and 'for'?
>
>
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