by the time your rude reply came ( you are often rude to people so i shouldn't have been surprised but somehow was) , i had already found my answer, by doing it MYSELF on her computer and found had not followed some simple instructions.
be well. ~Nicole Ford Ph.D. student Graduate Assistant/ Instructor University of South Florida Government and International Affairs office: SOC 012M e: nmhi...@mail.usf.edu http://gia.usf.edu/student/nford/ On Feb 25, 2013, at 4:18 PM, David Winsemius wrote: > My point is that you _still_ have not adhered to the Posting Guide request > for sessionInfo() ... I say again. Please read the Posting Guide ... AND > PLEASE STOP posting formatted email. > > -- > David. > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Nicole Ford wrote: > >> I did look at ??pie ??graphics, as per my reply. which netted nothing of >> value. >> >> thanks. >> ~Nicole Ford >> Ph.D. student >> Graduate Assistant/ Instructor >> University of South Florida >> Government and International Affairs >> office: SOC 012M >> e: nmhi...@mail.usf.edu >> http://gia.usf.edu/student/nford/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:38 PM, David Winsemius wrote: >> >>> >>> On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:37 AM, Nicole Ford wrote: >>> >>>> hello, all. >>>> >>>> one of my students is having an issue with the pie & legend function. >>>> >>>> this is her code. (below) >>>> >>>> it works just fine for me. >>>> >>>> her error is "plot.new has not been called yet". i know this means her >>>> pie chart is coming up blank so the legend will not work. >>> >>> So at that point, why not issue the command: >>> >>> plot.new() # ? >>> >>> Graphics problems can be very system specific. Follow-up should include a >>> proper adherence to the Posting Guide advice about the necessary problem >>> description. You should assist R help by first educating yourself and then >>> giving your students proper training in how to construct questions for >>> R-help. >>> >>>> >>>> according to ?graphics this package *is* supposed to handle these >>>> functionalities. however, when i tried to install it i get the following >>>> error: >>>> >>>> Warning message: >>>> package graphics is not available (for R version 2.15.2) >>> >>> The graphics package is part of the base installation. As far as I know you >>> cannot reinstall it. You would instead need to reinstall R if you thought >>> her installation if R was corrupt. >>> >>> -- >>> David. >>> >>>> >>>> however, the ?graphics page shows it is indeed available for this version >>>> of R. >>>> >>>> >>>> Package: graphics >>>> Version: 2.15.2 >>>> Priority: base >>>> Title: The R Graphics Package >>>> Author: R Core Team and contributors worldwide >>>> Maintainer: R Core Team <r-c...@r-project.org> >>>> Description: R functions for base graphics >>>> Imports: grDevices >>>> License: Part of R 2.15.2 >>>> Built: R 2.15.2; ; 2012-10-26 16:14:39 UTC; unix >>>> >>>> thoughts are greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> strength <- factor(c(rep("8.0-9.9", 2), rep("7.0-7.9", 12), >>>>> rep("6.0-6.9", 108))) >>>>> plot(strength, xlab="Earthquake Strength", ylab="Frequency") >>>>> histogram(strength, xlab="Earthquake Strength", ylab="Relative Frequency >>>>> by Percentage") >>>>> pie(table(strength)) >>>> legend("topright", title="Earthquake Strength", cex=0.6, pch=16, >>>> col=c("white", "blue", "red"), legend=c("6.0 to 6.9", "7.0 to 7.9", "8.0 >>>> to 8.9"), ncol=3) >>>> >>> >>> David Winsemius >>> Alameda, CA, USA >>> >> > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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