[R] Changing default plot behaviour

Thompson, David (MNR) David.John.Thompson at ontario.ca
Wed Apr 9 21:23:14 CEST 2008


Thank you all for your help.
I successfully used Richard's suggestion (much like John's) and
continued with my work, neglecting to respond to the list.
Sorry about that.

Thanx again, DaveT.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Kane [mailto:jrkrideau at yahoo.ca] 
>Sent: April 9, 2008 03:16 PM
>To: Thompson, David (MNR); r-help at r-project.org
>Subject: Re: [R] Changing default plot behaviour
>
>This may be a bit simple minded but why not change
>those commmands into a single function something like
>this and run it rather than the actual plot command?
>
>myfunction <- function(a) {
>plot(a, axes=FALSE)
> axis(1, tcl=0.5)
> axis(2, tcl=0.5)
> axis(3, tcl=0.5, labels=FALSE)
> axis(4, tcl=0.5, labels=FALSE)
> box()
>}
>
>
>--- "Thompson, David (MNR)"
><David.John.Thompson at ontario.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> How would I make the default behaviour of my plots
>> produce output such
>> as the following (i.e. tick marks inside on all
>> axes, labels only on two
>> (arbitrary?) sides) without needing the five
>> additional commands each
>> time?
>> 
>> plot(1:10, axes=FALSE)
>> axis(1, tcl=0.5)
>> axis(2, tcl=0.5)
>> axis(3, tcl=0.5, labels=FALSE)
>> axis(4, tcl=0.5, labels=FALSE)
>> box()
>> 
>> Thanx, DaveT.
>> *************************************
>> Silviculture Data Analyst
>> Ontario Forest Research Institute
>> Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
>> david.john.thompson at ontario.ca
>> http://ofri.mnr.gov.on.ca
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