From maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch  Wed Apr 28 09:21:23 2004
From: maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch (maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch)
Date: Wed Apr 28 09:21:25 2004
Subject: [Rd] boxplot documentation (PR#6833)
Message-ID: <20040428072123.CDA4C1041E@slim.kubism.ku.dk>

>>>>> "arnima" == arnima  <arnima@u.washington.edu>
>>>>>     on Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:47:36 +0200 (CEST) writes:

    arnima> Dear r-bugs, The boxplot documentation states that
    arnima> "if outline is not true, the boxplot lines are not
    arnima> drawn" but it turns out that the outliers are not
    arnima> drawn.

correct.  Thank you.  --> will be fixed in R-patched.

[ and effectively, the argument name, inherited from S, is a bit
 of a misnomer for R : We don't draw the outliers as lines but
 as pointsi, i.e., if we wouldn't want to be S-compatible we'd
 have to name it 'outpoint' which I wouldn't like either, but
 would rather use something like `out.draw' (TRUE : 'draw' outliers) 
]

Martin Maechler


[Rd] boxplot documentation (PR#6833)
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