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[S] Customizing names --- for ***barplot()***.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rolf Turner)
Tue Sep 14 08:33:39 1999
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:26:29 -0300 (ADT)
From: Rolf Turner <rolf@math.unb.ca>
Message-Id: <199909141226.JAA06667@tanner.math.unb.ca>
To: s-news@wubios.wustl.edu
The recent emailings regarding customizing of boxplot names raises
a minor issue concerning ***barplot()***. I was recently indulging
in a similar exercise involving the customizing of barplot names and
axes. I found it somewhat annoying that there is no ``plot=F'' argument
to barplot() --- so that one can obtain the bar centres without actually
producing a plot. This is admittedly mere fussiness --- no real harm
is done by producing an unwanted plot --- still it would be ***nice***
to able to shut off plotting if all one wants is the vector of bar
centres.
I can't figure out how to add such an argument ``locally'' since the
actual plotting is handled by an ``internal'' call to .S().
Is there a way to add such an argument ``locally''?
If not, might Statsci consider adding a ``plot='' argument to barplot()
in a future release?
cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf@math.unb.ca
P. S. Using options(show=F) DOESN'T work since then you get a whole
graphics object returned, rather than the desired vector of
bar centres.
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