[R] Make a box-whiskers plot in R with 5 variables, color coded.

Marc Schwartz
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:05:41 -0000

> On Dec 15, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Martin Maechler <maechler at
stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
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>   [............]
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>> You are missing the closing bracket on the boxplot()
>> command.  Just finish with a ')'
>
> Hmm... I once learned
>
> '()' =: parenthesis/es
> '[]' =: bracket(s)
> '{}' =: brace(s)


Martin,

The above is how I would refer to each.

Regards,

Marc


>
> Of course, I'm not a native English speaker, and my teacher(s) /
> teaching material may have been biased ... but, as all three
> symbol pairs play an important role in R, I think it would be
> really really helpful,  if we could agree on using the same
> precise English here.
>
> I'm happy to re-learn, but I'd really like to end up with three
> different simple English words, if possible.
> (Yes, I know and have seen/heard "curly braces", "round
> parentheses", ... but I'd hope we can do without the extra
adjective.)
>
> Thank you, well versed English (or "American") learned readers
> of R-help, for wise guidance on this ...
>
> Martin
>
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