Hi Marion, you can either use any of the *apply-functions or vectorize your function (which internally uses mapply):
par(las=1) par(mar=c(5,13,4,2)) barplot(Ee1,horiz=T,col="grey85",border="NA",xlim=c(0,100),axes=F) #using sapply invisible(sapply((1:9)*10,function(x)axis(2,pos=x,tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white"))) #using Vectorize barplot(Ee1,horiz=T,col="grey85",border="NA",xlim=c(0,100),axes=F) vaxis<-Vectorize(axis,"pos") invisible(vaxis(2,pos=(1:9)*10, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white")) Cheers! Am 20.02.2012 11:04, schrieb Marion Wenty: > Dear people, > > I created a plot which looks like this: > > Ee1<-matrix(c(88,86,74,62,41),ncol=5) > colnames(Ee1)<-c("Lehrer","Lehrerinnen","Klassenkollegen","Klassenkolleginnen","Geschwister") > par(las=1) > par(mar=c(5,13,4,2)) > barplot(Ee1,horiz=T,col="grey85",border="NA",xlim=c(0,100),axes=F) > axis(2,pos=10, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=20, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=30, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=40, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=50, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=60, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=70, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=80, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > axis(2,pos=90, tick=T, tcl=F, labels=F,col="white") > > Now I would like to shorten the whole thing - namely use only one step to > create the 9 axes without having to use a loop. > > In general, I would be interested if there is a way to use a function > several times changing only one argument, without having to use a loop. > > Does anyone know how to do that. > > Marion > > [[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. -- Eik Vettorazzi Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg T ++49/40/7410-58243 F ++49/40/7410-57790 -- Pflichtangaben gemäß Gesetz über elektronische Handelsregister und Genossenschaftsregister sowie das Unternehmensregister (EHUG): Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf; Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts; Gerichtsstand: Hamburg Vorstandsmitglieder: Prof. Dr. Guido Sauter (Vertreter des Vorsitzenden), Dr. Alexander Kirstein, Joachim Prölß, Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch-Gromus ______________________________________________ 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.