R devel - Apr 2003 - ylab in time series plot (PR#2869)

You get a warning message when you specify a ylab parameter while
plotting data whose x's are POSIXct values.  Apparently the
`axis.POSIXct' method tries to reset the ylab---via the ...
parameter---after it has already been set by higher level methods.

Here is a function that illustrates the problem.

  ylabProblem <- function() {
    x <- ISOdate(2003, 4, 1:10)           # POSIXct vector
    y <- rnorm(10)
    plot(x, y, ylab = 'I am y')
  }

and this is what I get when I run it.

  > ylabProblem()
  Warning message: 
  parameter "ylab" couldn't be set in high-level plot() function 

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Version:
 platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.6
 arch = sparc
 os = solaris2.6
 system = sparc, solaris2.6
 status = 
 major = 1
 minor = 7.0
 year = 2003
 month = 04
 day = 16
 language = R

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:ctest, package:mva, package:modreg,
package:nls, package:ts, Autoloads, package:base

And the bug is?

You got a correct plot, with a correct warning.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 kademan@phz.com wrote:
> You get a warning message when you specify a ylab parameter while
> plotting data whose x's are POSIXct values.  Apparently the
> `axis.POSIXct' method tries to reset the ylab---via the ...
> parameter---after it has already been set by higher level methods.
Nope.  axis.POSIXct is passed the `lab' parameter but does not know what
to do with it -- and that's the warning.
> Here is a function that illustrates the problem.
> 
>   ylabProblem <- function() {
>     x <- ISOdate(2003, 4, 1:10)           # POSIXct vector
>     y <- rnorm(10)
>     plot(x, y, ylab = 'I am y')
>   }
> 
> and this is what I get when I run it.
> 
>   > ylabProblem()
>   Warning message: 
>   parameter "ylab" couldn't be set in high-level plot()
function
> 
> --please do not edit the information below--
> 
> Version:
>  platform = sparc-sun-solaris2.6
>  arch = sparc
>  os = solaris2.6
>  system = sparc, solaris2.6
>  status = 
>  major = 1
>  minor = 7.0
>  year = 2003
>  month = 04
>  day = 16
>  language = R
> 
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:ctest, package:mva, package:modreg,
package:nls, package:ts, Autoloads, package:base
> 
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