R help - Apr 2008 - parallel max, min, and median of dataframe columns

Hello, all, 

I have a dataframe of three rows and umpteen columns. I want to show the 
maximum, minimum, and median with a vertical line and a central dot (I'd 
use a boxplot, but with only three data points, that's overkill; I can't
just use points, because of overlap and some of the other data plotted on 
the graph). 

This works:
> boxplot(data_frame, col="transparent", border="dark
grey", xaxt="n",
add=TRUE)

But these don't:
> st <- c(1:19)
> segments(st, pmax(data_frame), st, pmin(data_frame))
(no, I haven't tried to put in the median points yet)

I can plot them individually with 
> segments(1, max(data_frame[,1]), 1, pmin(data_frame[,1]))
> points(1, median(fly_ash[,1]))
but that's a bit tedious. Is there a better way of vectorising these 
columns such that they will work with pmax? Is there something like a 
pmedian?

Regards,
Hazel Jenkins

One can use sapply(data_frame, min) and similarly for max and median.

Another possibility is to use quantile and matplot like this

ir <- iris[1:3, 1:4] # sample data using builtin iris data set

mat <- t(sapply(ir, quantile, c(1, .5, 0)))
matplot(mat, type = "hp", lty = 1, pch = 20, xaxt = "n",
    col = c("black", "red", "white"))
axis(1, seq_along(ir)) # or maybe axis(1, seq_along(ir), names(ir))

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:25 PM, H.Jenkins <hjenkins at uvic.ca>
wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> I have a dataframe of three rows and umpteen columns. I want to show the
> maximum, minimum, and median with a vertical line and a central dot
(I'd
> use a boxplot, but with only three data points, that's overkill; I
can't
> just use points, because of overlap and some of the other data plotted on
> the graph).
>
> This works:
> > boxplot(data_frame, col="transparent", border="dark
grey", xaxt="n",
> add=TRUE)
>
> But these don't:
> > st <- c(1:19)
> > segments(st, pmax(data_frame), st, pmin(data_frame))
>
> (no, I haven't tried to put in the median points yet)
>
> I can plot them individually with
> > segments(1, max(data_frame[,1]), 1, pmin(data_frame[,1]))
> > points(1, median(fly_ash[,1]))
> but that's a bit tedious. Is there a better way of vectorising these
> columns such that they will work with pmax? Is there something like a
> pmedian?
>
> Regards,
> Hazel Jenkins
>
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