[R] density plot - beginner's question

[Henrik Bengtsson]

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> From: r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-admin at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of kjetil 
> brinchmann halvorsen
> Sent: den 14 januari 2003 14:08
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch; Saurav Pathak
> Subject: Re: [R] density plot - beginner's question
> 
> 
> On 13 Jan 2003 at 18:22, Saurav Pathak wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to plot densities given on a two dimensional grid.  My 
> > data is in the an external file, and is arranged in three 
> columns: x, 
> > y, density
> > 
> > how may i get a plot of this?  i would like to get (1) a three 
> > dimensional plot and (2) a color coded two dimensional plot.
> > 
> > I have tried using
> > 
> > 	image(x, y, density)
> 
> You have here x, y, density vectors of the same length, which is not 
> what image expects. The help page for image tells you that x and y 
> should be vectors (each in ascending order), and z a matrix 
> with dimensions length(x) and length(y).  See the example on 
> the help page 
> for image. If your data are not a rectangular grid, you must probably 
> interpolate before you can use image. 

The code example at http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/image/ might also
shine some light on the image() function, especially on how the coloring
is done.

Henrik Bengtsson

> Kjetil Halvorsen
> 
> 
> > 
> > but i am asked to put the data in ascending order.  i am 
> not sure how 
> > i may put grid points in an ascending order.
> > 
> > I would also like to know if i could use any other function, other 
> > than image.
> > 
> > thank you in advance.
> > 
> > --
> > saurav
> > 
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