I would be helpful if you provided a more complete, reproducible example. Consider the following code. It colors the boxes according to the first 47 colors listed in the color() vector.
-tgs data<-as.data.frame(matrix(rnorm(47*23),ncol=47)) boxplot(data,col=colors()[1:47]) On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 2:22 PM, ANJAN PURKAYASTHA < anjan.purkayas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have a data set of 47 columns. I would like to create a boxplot for each > column, each boxplot of a different colour. > So I created a vector "col1". This vector has a subset of the colors > returned by color()- "red", "cyan", "green" etc. > Now I use the command: boxplot(dataset, col= col1) expecting to see 47 > boxplots, each of a different colour. > Here is the problem: the boxplots are drawn correctly but it seems that > only > the first few colours in col1 are being used in a repeated pattern. > Anybody has any ideas on how to tackle this? > Thanks in advance, > Anjan > > -- > =================================== > anjan purkayastha, phd. > research associate > fas center for systems biology, > harvard university > 52 oxford street > cambridge ma 02138 > phone-703.740.6939 > =================================== > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.
