[R] XYZ data

[David Winsemius]

On Jun 26, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Aaron Mackey wrote:

> for plotting purposes, I typically jitter() the x's and y's to see the
> otherwise overlapping data points

That is one method for relatively sparse data. Also availble are the use of transparent colors, 2d-density estimators, and binned hex plots.

> -Aaron
> 
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Shane Carey <careyshan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Nope, neither work. :-(

Well, they "worked" ... :-( ... but you have not define "what you wanted".

Please read the Posting Guide (and the linked material that details how to ask questions that "work".
-- 
David.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Clint Bowman <clint at ecy.wa.gov> wrote:
>> 
>>> John,
>>> 
>>> That still leaves a string of identical numbers in the vector.
>>> 
>>> Shane,
>>> 
>>> ?jitter
>>> 
>>> perhaps jitter(X,1,0.0001)
>>> 
>>> Clint
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>>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, John Kane wrote:
>>> 
>>> mm  <-  1:10
>>>> nn  <- mm + .001
>>>> 
>>>> John Kane
>>>> Kingston ON Canada
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: careyshan at gmail.com
>>>>> Sent: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:48:34 +0100
>>>>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>>>>> Subject: [R] XYZ data
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have x, y, z data. The x, y fields dont change but Z does. How do I
>> add
>>>>> a
>>>>> very small number onto the end of each x, y data point.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For example:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Original (X)              Original (Y)                 Original (Z)
>>>>> 15                               20                              30
>>>>> 15                               20                              40
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> New (X)              New (Y)                 New (Z)
>>>>> 15.00001             20.000001              30
>>>>> 15.00002             20.000002              40
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> --
>>>>> Shane
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David Winsemius
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