month <- "2010-August" list <- "r-help" ##list <- "r-sig-ecology" ##list <- "r-sig-mixed-models" ## month <- "2010q3" n <- 50 baseurl <- "https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/" library(RCurl) z <- getURL(paste(baseurl,list,"/",month,"/author.html",sep="")) zz <- strsplit(z,"<LI>")[[1]] namefun <- function(x) { gsub("\\n","",gsub("^.+<I>","",gsub("</I>.+$","",x))) }
cnames <- sapply(zz[3:(length(zz)-1)],namefun) rr <- rev(sort(table(cnames))) library(lattice) dotplot(~rev(rr[1:n]),xlab="Number of posts") dotplot(~rev(rr[1:n]),xlab="Number of posts", scales=list(x=list(log=10))) ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.