R devel - May 2001 - Re: [R] Crazy plots of time-series against dates (PR#930)

"Marco Taboga" <mtaboga@tiscalinet.it> writes:
> OK, it works.  xlab and ylab had to be set properly.
> If you want to see what actually goes on, try:
> a<-chron(1:2000)
> b<-1:2000
> plot(a,b,type="l")
> 
One of the standard blunders with R's lazy evaluation and substitute is
to change the value of part of a substitute expression before it is
evaluated. I think the chron maintainer even inserted a note in the
FAQ about that (Hi, Kurt ;) )

In plot.times insert the line below to fix it

    if (!is.null(type <- dots$type)) 
        if (any(type == c("l", "b", "o"))) {
            xlab ; ylab  # force promises
            nas <- is.na(x)
            ...

Cc'ed to R-bugs so that it gets filed and eventually fixed.

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