[R] Confused with an error message related to "plotrix" library in the newer versions of R.

Jim Lemon jim at bitwrit.com.au
Mon Nov 14 09:08:53 CET 2011


On 11/14/2011 05:59 PM, Prasanth V P wrote:
> require(plotrix)
>
>
>
> xy.pop<- c(17,15,13,11,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,2,1,3)
>
> xx.pop<- c(17,14,12,11,11,8,6,5,4,3,2,2,2,3)
>
> agelabels<- c("0-4","5-9","10-14","15-19","20-24","25-29","30-34",
>
>
> "35-39","40-44","45-49","50-54","55-59","60-64","65+")
>
>
>
> xycol<-color.gradient(c(0,0,0.5,0.15),c(0.25,0.5,0.5,1.75),c(0.5,1.5,1,0),18)
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> xxcol<-color.gradient(c(0,1,0.5,1),c(0.25,0.5,0.5,1.25),c(0.5,0.25,0.5,1.5),18)
>
> par(mar=pyramid.plot(xy.pop,xx.pop,labels=agelabels, labelcex=1.125,
>
>                  main="Population Pyramid -- Malawi", xycol=xycol,
> xxcol=xxcol))

Hi Prasanth V P,
Just a typo. Try this:

par(mar=pyramid.plot(xy.pop,xx.pop,labels=agelabels,labelcex=1.125,
  main="Population Pyramid -- Malawi", lxcol=xycol,rxcol=xxcol))

Nice plot.

Jim



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