[FRIAM] R tutorial for idiots.

Robert Holmes robert at holmesacosta.com
Sun Sep 24 23:35:38 EDT 2006


On 9/24/06, Phil Henshaw <sy at synapse9.com> wrote:
>
>  Robert,
> Thanks for asking.  I'm getting a little help from Gabor on the use of
> zoo, and will eventually learn how to code the things I want.   The R core
> is really neat in that what would be 50 tangled lines of code in lisp
> are simple short expressions in R.  That, however, means learning lots and
> lots of objects and functions with complex properties and no good
> reference.  It really is a sophisticated environment requiring high level
> user knowledge.   Like I looked and looked tonight to find out how to print
> one graph on top of another, or open multiple graph windows.  Couldn't find
> it.
>


> lines(x,y....) adds lines to an existing plot

> split.screen( figs=c(3,2) ) creates a blank window that contains a 3 x 2
array of screens, with screen 1 at top left. Set screen 3 for plotting (say)
thus:

> screen 3

Robert
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