str(catopsis) shows no labels, so how can biplot know what to use? Try this before call prcomp:
colnames(catopsis) <- c('a','b','c','d') rownames(catopsis) <- cat$sample Also, see the 'reshape' package for easier data manipulation. Kevin On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM, colin1 <colinhindma...@talktalk.net>wrote: > > The script below successfully produces a biplot of the data but the 'site > names' (rows) and the names of the 'response variables' (columns) are shown > as simple numerals (rather than the column and row names). How might I > 'enforce' the use of the row/column names used in the datafile (section of > datafile shown below)? > Can anyone help, please? > > Section of datafile > > sample a b c d ---n42 > HBR-6 1 1 1 1 > HBR-7 1 1 1 2 > HBR-8 1 1 1 1 > HBR-9 1 1 1 2 > HBR-10 1 1 1 1 > HBR-11 1 1 1 1 > HBR-12 1 1 1 1 > HBR-13 1 1 1 1 > HBR-14 2 1 2 2 > HBR-15 2 1 2 1 > HBR-16 1 1 2 1 > HBR-17 1 1 2 1 > HBR-18 1 1 2 1 > HBR-19 1 1 2 1 > HBR-20 1 1 2 1 > HBR-21 1 2 1 1 > HBR-30 1 1 2 2 > HBR-31 1 2 1 2 > HBR-32 2 2 1 2 > HBR-33 1 2 1 2 > HBR-34 1 2 2 2 > HBR-35 1 2 2 1 > HBR-36 1 2 1 2 > HBR-37 1 2 1 2 > > > cat <-read.table("R855868825matrix.csv", sep=",", header=T) > head (cat, n=24) > catopsis <- (cbind(cat$a, cat$b, cat$c, cat$d, cat$e, cat$f, cat$g, cat$h, > cat$i, cat$j, cat$k, cat$l, cat$m, cat$n, cat$o, cat$p, cat$q, cat$r, > cat$s, > cat$t, cat$u, cat$v, cat$w, cat$x, cat$y, cat$z, cat$aa, cat$ab, cat$ac, > cat$ad, cat$ae, cat$af, cat$ag, cat$ah, cat$ai, cat$aj, cat$ak, cat$al, > cat$am, cat$an, cat$ao, cat$ap)) > pca <- prcomp (t(catopsis)) > plot(pca, catopsis []) > summary(prcomp(catopsis)) > biplot(prcomp(catopsis, scale = TRUE)) > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n4.nabble.com/PCA-Showing-file-datalabels-on-biplot-tp1289524p1289524.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Kevin Wright [[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.