[R] lattice: how to use a log scale on the x-axis with the bwplot function

Laurent Rhelp L@urentRHe|p @end|ng |rom |ree@|r
Sun Dec 11 16:38:34 CET 2022


Indeed, I have to clarify my problem.
I have to display  my physical measurements in a log-log representation. 
I can do that with xyplot from the lattice package. But I would like to 
show the dispersion of my measurement. So I wanted to use the bwplot 
function but it is not possible because the x-axis has to be a factor 
(as you say). In fact I would like to be able to draw boxplots on a 
graph according to a numerical location on a x-axis. I understood that I 
cannot use the lattice functions.


Le 11/12/2022 à 16:12, Bert Gunter a écrit :
> There can be **no log scale** for the x axis, only labels, if x is a 
> factor (Groups).
>
> If what you mean is that there are no tick marks o the x-axis, they 
> can be added in my code in the scales list (for my reprex with 5 
> levels of group):
>
> scales = list(
>           alternating = 1  ## ticls only on bottom
>         , y = list(log=T, tck = c(1,0))
>         , x = list(at = 1:5, tck = 1)
>         )
>
> If this is not what you meant, you'll need to clarify ... or just move on.
>
> -- Bert
>
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 1:06 AM Laurent Rhelp <LaurentRHelp using free.fr> 
> wrote:
>
>     Ok for the labels but the x-axis is not displayed in log scale ?
>
>
>
>     Le 10/12/2022 à 22:36, Bert Gunter a écrit :
>>     ... and here's a version where the x variable is different than
>>     y. It's basically the same.
>>
>>
>>     set.seed(123)
>>     y <- runif(40,min=0, max= 10)
>>     x <- seq(0,10, length = 40)
>>     ## 5 equally spaced groups labeled by log10 of the center
>>     ## of the intervals
>>     xrng <- range(x)
>>     eps <- .0001*c(-1,1)*diff(xrng) ## see ?cut
>>     xrng <-xrng + eps
>>     delta <- diff(xrng)/5 # 5 = number of intervals
>>     brks <- seq(xrng[1], xrng[2],length.out =6)
>>     labs <- round(log10(brks[-1] - delta/2), 2) ## log10 (centers)
>>     groups <- cut(x,breaks = brks, ordered_result = TRUE,
>>                   labels = paste0('10^',labs))
>>     # creating the dataframe for the lattice functions
>>     DF <- data.frame( y = y, groups = groups)
>>
>>     bwplot( y ~ groups
>>             , data=DF
>>             , scales = list(
>>                y = list(log=T)
>>             ),
>>     )
>>
>>     On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 10:20 AM Bert Gunter
>>     <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         If Deepayan's suggestion does not suit and especially *if* I
>>         understand what you want to do correctly, then it seems to me
>>         that it is straightforward to create the groups and group
>>         labels manually:
>>
>>         ## in verbose detail to hopefully improve clarity
>>         set.seed(123) ## for reprex
>>         y <- runif(40,min=0, max= 10)  ##*small* reprex
>>         ## cut y into 5 equally spaced groups labeled by log10 of the
>>         center
>>         ## of the intervals
>>         yrng <- range(y)
>>         eps <- .0001*c(-1,1)*diff(yrng) ## see ?cut
>>         yrng <-yrng + eps
>>         delta <- diff(yrng)/5 # 5 = number of intervals
>>         brks <- seq(yrng[1], yrng[2],length.out =6)
>>         labs <- round(log10(brks[-1] - delta/2), 2) ## log10 (centers)
>>         groups <- cut(y,breaks = brks,
>>                       labels = paste0('10^',labs))
>>         # creating the dataframe for the lattice functions
>>         DF <- data.frame( y = y, groups = groups)
>>
>>         bwplot( y ~ groups
>>                 , data=DF
>>                 , scales = list(
>>                    y = list(log=T)
>>                 ),
>>         )
>>
>>         ## Of course, ignore if I have misunderstood.
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>         Bert
>>
>>         On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 8:03 AM Deepayan Sarkar
>>         <deepayan.sarkar using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>             Log-scales for the "factor" variable in bwplot() is not
>>             allowed.
>>
>>             You could, however, use the panel function panel.bwplot()
>>             with
>>             xyplot(num ~ num). The potential problem with that is the
>>             box widths,
>>             which panel.bwplot() will not know how to compute.
>>
>>             See if the following gives you a reasonable starting point:
>>
>>             DF <- within(DF, m <- tapply(y, groups, mean))
>>             xyplot(y ~ m, DF, scales = list(log = TRUE),
>>                    panel = panel.bwplot, horizontal = FALSE,
>>                    box.width = .0001)
>>
>>             Best,
>>             -Deepayan
>>
>>             On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 7:46 PM Laurent Rhelp
>>             <LaurentRHelp using free.fr> wrote:
>>             >
>>             > Dear R-Help list,
>>             >
>>             >     I would like to use bwplot from the lattice package
>>             with a log scale
>>             > both on
>>             > the x-axis and the y-axis but I do not know how to do
>>             that because I do
>>             > not know
>>             > how to change the factor x-axis in a numeric x-axis.
>>             >
>>             >   Here is my example:
>>             >
>>             >
>>             > library(lattice)
>>             >
>>             > # the mock data
>>             > y <- runif(100000,min=0, max=500)
>>             > x <- seq(0,500,length=length(y))
>>             > # I cut the x variable to create a factor variable in
>>             order to calculate
>>             > the boxes
>>             > groups <- cut(x,10,ordered_result = TRUE)
>>             > # creating the dataframe for the lattice functions
>>             > DF <- data.frame( x= x , y = y, groups = groups)
>>             >
>>             >
>>             > ## ok for xyplot
>>             > xyplot(   y ~ x
>>             >            , data=DF
>>             >            , scales = list(
>>             >              y = list(log=T)
>>             >              , x = list(log=T)
>>             >
>>             >            )
>>             > )
>>             >
>>             > ## ok for bwplot with the log scale for the y-axis
>>             > bwplot( y ~ groups
>>             >            , data=DF
>>             >            , scales = list(
>>             >              y = list(log=T)
>>             >              #     , x = list(log=T)
>>             >
>>             >            )
>>             > )
>>             >
>>             >
>>             >
>>             > ## Non ok for bwplot with the log scale for the x-axis
>>             > bwplot( y ~ groups
>>             >          , data=DF
>>             >          , scales = list(
>>             >                y = list(log=T)
>>             >              , x = list(log=T)
>>             >
>>             >          )
>>             > )
>>             > which gives an error because the x-axis is a factor, I
>>             would like to
>>             > replace it
>>             > for the display by the meddle of every class for
>>             example and put a log
>>             > scale on the x-axis.
>>             >
>>             > Thank you for your help
>>             > Best regards
>>             > Laurent
>>             >
>>             >
>>             >
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