Again I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those working so selflessly on the development of R for us all to use it freely (and it is such a joy to use!) Rashid Nassar == Possible bug: 1. boxplot() This is an old behavior that I had reported before, but as it is still there, it may not ba a bug (although it looks like one to me). "qfcut" is numeric, "st" is a factor:> plot(qfcut~st) # works > plot(st,qfcut) # works > boxplot(qfcut~st) # works > boxplot(st,qfcut) # doesn't workError: "range" not meaningful for factors == The following are minor typos, etc. in help screens, <<error>> [[suggested]]: 2. ?boxplot.default names: group labels which <<while>> [[will]] be printed under each boxplot. 3. ?par adj: The value of `adj' determines the way in which text strings are justified. A value of `0' pro- duces <<right>> left-justified text, ... 4. ?abline (end of 1st paragraph of Description): .... through the origin, otherwise, the first 2 val- ues are taken to be the <<slope and intercept>> [[intercept and slope]]. (since the first parameter is interpreted as the intercept). == The following are suggestions offered with a great deal of (appropriate) diffidence: 5. ?tapply (also perhaps ?lapply, ?sapply, ?apply) I think it would be useful to add `aggregate' to the "See Also:" list. Without V&R I would not have known about aggregate. 6. ?persp d: a value which can be used to vary the strength of the perspective transformation. Values of `d' greater than 1 will lessen the perspective effect and values less and 1 will exaggerate it. I think it may be useful if the value of d for no perspective effect is also given (looks to be d=10?) 7. It is great that `boxplot' has a data= parameter; can `plot' (as in `plot.default') have one too? (no answer needed-- I know if not, there is a good reason for it :) Thanks again. -Rashid --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = i586-unknown-linux arch = i586 os = linux system = i586, linux status = Release major = 0 minor = 65.1 year = 1999 month = October day = 07 language = R Search Path: .GlobalEnv, qfc, Autoloads, Autoloads, package:base -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
rnassar@duke.edu writes:> == Possible bug: > > 1....>> 2....> 3....>> 4....> 7. >Rashid, thank you for your contributions, but this kind of report is impossible to process in a rational way. There is no single category into which it fits (although I've put a "TooMuchAtOnce" category in the repository), the subject field gives no clue to the character of the bug, and every time one pulls it out, one has to recheck every item to see whether it has been fixed or not, and it will live in the repository as long as there are remaining issues . Could you please resubmit as several independent reports? -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 02:32:54 +0100 (MET), rnassar@duke.edu (Rashid >>>>> Nassar) said:RNa> Again I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those RNa> working so selflessly on the development of R for us all to use it RNa> freely (and it is such a joy to use!) RNa> Rashid Nassar RNa> == Possible bug: RNa> 1. RNa> boxplot() RNa> This is an old behavior that I had reported before, but as it is still RNa> there, it may not ba a bug (although it looks like one to me). "qfcut" RNa> is numeric, "st" is a factor: >> plot(qfcut~st) # works >> plot(st,qfcut) # works okay that was plot which has TWO arguments if not used with a formula >> boxplot(qfcut~st) # works >> boxplot(st,qfcut) # doesn't work RNa> Error: "range" not meaningful for factors This is not a bug. boxplot() either has a formula or "x, ..." arguments which must be `single boxplot' components (read "?boxplot.default"). RNa> == The following are minor typos, etc. in help screens, <<error>> [[suggested]]: RNa> 2. RNa> ?boxplot.default RNa> names: group labels which <<while>> [[will]] be printed under each RNa> boxplot. ok, done. RNa> 3. RNa> ?par RNa> adj: The value of `adj' determines the way in which RNa> text strings are justified. A value of `0' pro- RNa> duces <<right>> left-justified text, ... ok, done. RNa> 4. RNa> ?abline RNa> (end of 1st paragraph of Description): RNa> .... through the origin, otherwise, the first 2 val- RNa> ues are taken to be the <<slope and intercept>> [[intercept and RNa> slope]]. (since the first parameter is interpreted as the intercept). ok, done. RNa> == The following are suggestions offered with a great deal of RNa> (appropriate) diffidence: RNa> 5. RNa> ?tapply (also perhaps ?lapply, ?sapply, ?apply) RNa> I think it would be useful to add `aggregate' to the "See Also:" list. RNa> Without V&R I would not have known about aggregate. ok, done. [tapply and apply] RNa> 6. RNa> ?persp RNa> d: a value which can be used to vary the strength of RNa> the perspective transformation. Values of `d' RNa> greater than 1 will lessen the perspective effect RNa> and values less and 1 will exaggerate it. RNa> I think it may be useful if the value of d for no perspective RNa> effect is also given (looks to be d=10?) (this should be discussed on R-help; there's more to it,.. I don't see through that myself. It certainly would be useful if the documentation was enlarged here. Want to study the source: src/main/persp3d.c RNa> 7. RNa> It is great that `boxplot' has a data= parameter; can `plot' (as in RNa> `plot.default') have one too? (no answer needed-- I know if not, there RNa> is a good reason for it :) boxplot doesn't. It's boxplot.formula(.) which *has* a data argument; and so does plot.formula() ! Thank you for your feedback, Rashid. and yes (as Peter said), please, next time try to put things like these in about 2 or 3 parts. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._