[Rd] [R-SIG-Mac] Question about line type in contour() function (R 2.11.1)

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 05/08/2010 8:46 PM, David B. Thompson, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CFM wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 
>> On 05/08/2010 7:18 PM, David B. Thompson, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CFM wrote:
>>> I'm running R 2.11.1 (MacBook Pro and OS X 10.6.4) and am trying to set a line type in the contour() function. What I did was:
>>> 
>>>> > u<-seq(0.005,0.995,0.005)
>>>> > v<-u
>>>> > p<-rep(0,length(u)*length(u))
>>>> > dim(p)<-c(length(v),length(v))
>>>> > for (i in 1:length(u)) for (j in 1:length(v)) p[i,j]<-u[i]^2+v[j]^2
>>>> > contour(u,v,p)
>>> 
>>> This produces a nice contour plot, as expected. However, if I execute:
>>> 
>>>> contour(u,v,p,lty=2)
>>> I still get a solid line drawn.
>>>
>> <snip>
>> A partial workaround:
>> x <- contourLines(u, v, p)
>> plot(range(u), range(v), type="n")
>> lapply(x, function(c) lines(c, lty=2)
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for the quick response. I wondered about the grid size, but what I used is about what it takes to get a nice-looking curve. I could play with the grid size a bit to see if I can get a decent curve and a dashed line.
> 
> I wondered if it might be grid size. That was the only thing I could think of that was different between the two datasets. I should have followed my instinct and test it. Good call.
> 
> I can use the workaround, I think. I'll give that a go in the morning and hopefully get over my hump and deliver the analyses.

I've moved this from r-sig-mac to r-devel; it's not a Mac problem.  I've 
also added back a bit of the context for readers here.

A little bit more on this:  the problem only affects contour() when 
labels are being drawn, and only if method is set to "flattest" (the 
default) or "edge".  If you set drawLabels=FALSE or method="simple" you 
won't see it.  I think I should be able to fix this after all.

Duncan Murdoch