plot(1:3) # usual way to view plot(1:3, asp = 2) # convenient way to apply horizontal compression for visibility
plot(1:3, xlim = c(0, 4)) # but if you have information on what the graph looks like, you can manually apply the same horizontal compression Was I going through some sort of "gang initiation" because I'm new, and didn't know it? Phew, I'm glad it's over. Thanks for the help Spencer. On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: The documentation is not clear. It would help if it had an example like the following: plot(1:2, 1:2/10) plot(1:2, 1:2/10, asp=1) Does looking at these two plots answer the question? Spencer Graves On 8/19/2010 2:36 PM, David Winsemius wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 5:28 PM, r.ookie wrote: > >> Well, I had to look further into the documentation to see 'If asp is a >> finite positive value then the window is set up so that one data unit in the >> x direction is equal in length to asp * one data unit in the y direction' >> >> Okay, so in what situations is the 'asp' helpful? > > It yet again appears that you are asking us to read the help pages for you. > > >> >> On Aug 19, 2010, at 2:24 PM, David Winsemius wrote: >> >> >> On Aug 19, 2010, at 5:13 PM, r.ookie wrote: >> >>> set.seed(1) >>> x <- rnorm(n = 1000, mean = 0, sd = 1) >>> plot(x = x, asp = 2000) >>> >>> Could someone please explain what the 'asp' parameter is doing? >> >> You want us to read the help page to you? >> >> -- > > David Winsemius, MD > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Spencer Graves, PE, PhD President and Chief Operating Officer Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc. 751 Emerson Ct. San José, CA 95126 ph: 408-655-4567 ______________________________________________ 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.