Spencer, et. al.: As I suspected, my previous "solution" was pretty stupid. Here is, I think, the "right" way to go about it:
plotxy <- function(x,...){ mcall <- match.call(expand.dots=FALSE) mcall[[1]]<- plot.default eval(mcall) } Best, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Spencer Graves <spencer.gra...@effectivedefense.org> wrote: > Hi, Jeff et al.: > > > On 2/8/2016 9:52 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> plotxy(y1~x1, XY, xlim=c(0, max(XY$x1))) > > > Yes, Thanks. > > > Is there a way to do this from within "plotxy", so I can call > "plotxy" as I call "plot"? > > > Thanks, > Spencer > > >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> On February 8, 2016 7:17:57 PM PST, Spencer Graves >> <spencer.gra...@effectivedefense.org> wrote: >> >> I'm getting an interesting error: >> >> >> plotxy <- function(x, ...){ >> >> + plot(x, ...) >> + } >> >> XY <- data.frame(x1=1:3, y1=4:6) plotxy(y1~x1, XY, xlim=c(0, >> max(x1))) >> >> Show Traceback >> >> Rerun with Debug >> Error in eval(expr, envir, enclos) : object 'x1' not found >> >> >> The following work: >> >> >> plotxy(y1~x1, XY) >> plot(y1~x1, XY, xlim=c(0, max(x1))) >> >> >> Within "plotxy", R can't find "x1" to compute "xlim". Is there a >> way I can make x1 available to xlim? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Spencer >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting >> guidehttp://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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.