[R] image() and nonsquare matrices

[Greg Snow]

Look at the "squishplot" function in the TeachingDemos package.  Does
this set of commands work for you?

> library(TeachingDemos)
> squishplot(c(0.5,20.5),c(0.5,5.5),1)
> image(1:20,1:5,a,asp=1,xlab="label here")
> box()

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at intermountainmail.org
(801) 408-8111
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Robin Hankin
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:13 AM
> To: RHelp help
> Subject: [R] image() and nonsquare matrices
> 
> How do I draw non-square matrices with image() and get the axes right?
> 
> 
> Try 1:
> 
>   a <- matrix(rnorm(100),20,5)
> image(1:20,1:5,a,asp=1,xlab="label here") # No good because 
> the axes don't touch the image
> 
> 
> 
> Try 2:
> 
> image(1:20,1:5,a,asp=1,axes=F,xlab="label here")
> axis(side=1,pos=0)
> # No good because the x axis label is floating far from the x axis.
> 
> 
> 
> Try 3:
>   image(1:20,1:5,a,asp=1,axes=F,xlab="",ylab="")
>   axis(side=1,pos=0)
> # No good because the x axis label is absent.
> 
> 
> How to use image() with a non-square matrix and make axes and 
> labels appear correctly?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Robin Hankin
> Uncertainty Analyst
> National Oceanography Centre, Southampton European Way, 
> Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
>   tel  023-8059-7743
> 
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