Hi, Its a bit messy, but here is a quick work around:
dotchart(as.matrix(table(infert$education))[,1]) I wonder if this has something to do with the addition of table methods for points() and lines(). I'll post back if I find anything more out. Cheers, Josh On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Van Patten, Isaac T <ivanp...@radford.edu> wrote: > I have a factor vector of subject races (Asian, Black, Hispanic, White; n=30) > that I want to plot with a Cleveland dotplot or dotchart. > > I tried the following in R2.12.1 : > >> dotchart(table(school$Race)) > Error in plot.xy(xy.coords(x, y), type = type, ...) : invalid plot type > > Using the same data set in R2.11.1 the operation succeeded (I tried several > variations to be sure): > >> dotchart(table(school$Race)) >> race2<-table(school$Race) >> dotchart(race2) >> dotchart(race2, pch=17,col="red") > > Each of these worked in 2.11.1 but not in 2.12.1; What changed in the > {graphics} package to alter this and is there a work-around? > > Isaac T. Van Patten, Ph.D. > Professor of Criminal Justice > 307 Adams Street, Office 1A > Box 6934, Radford University > Radford, VA 24142 > (540)831-6737 > ivanp...@radford.edu > http://ivanpatt.asp.radford.edu > It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is; > It doesn't matter how smart you are; > If it doesn't agree with the [data], its wrong. > -Richard Feynman > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.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.