Intro
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Part I: An Overview of plot()
Chapter 1: Introduction: plot(), qplot(), and ggplot(), Plus Some
1.1 plot(), par(), layout(), and split.screen()
1.2 qplot() and ggplot()
1.3 The Appendixes
1.4 Software Versions and Hardware Used in This Book
1.5 Graphics Devices
Chapter 2: The plot() Function
2.1 Arguments and Default Values
2.2 Ancillary Functions
2.3 Methods
2.4 The Graphics Devices and the Functions par(), layout(), and split.screen()

2.5 An Example
Chapter 3: The Arguments of plot()
3.1 The Dataset
3.2 Changing the Overall Appearance in plot()
3.2.1 Labels and Axis Limits
3.2.2 Box Type, Aspect Ratio, Annotation, and Expanded Plotting
3.3 Points and Lines
3.3.1 Types of Plots
3.3.2 The Arguments pch and lty
3.4 Details
3.4.1 Colors
3.4.1.1 Assigning Colors with Character Strings
3.4.1.2 Assigning Colors with Integers
3.4.1.3 Assigning Colors with Functions
3.4.2 Fonts and Font Families
3.4.2.1 Font Families and Assigning the Font Family in plot()

3.4.2.2 Font Weights in plot()
3.4.3 Character Size in plot()
3.4.4 Line Details: lwd, lend, ljoin, and lmitre
3.4.5 Making Changes to the Axes
3.4.6 Working with Log Scales
Chapter 4: Ancillary Functions for plot()
4.1 Functions That Affect Overall Appearance
4.1.1 The title() Function
4.1.2 The axis() and axTicks() Functions
4.1.2.1 The axis() Function
4.1.2.2 The axTicks() Function
4.1.3 The box(), grid(), clip(), and rug() Functions
4.1.3.1 The box() Function
4.1.3.2 The grid() Function
4.1.3.3 The clip() Function
4.1.3.4 The rug() Function

4.2 Functions Defined at Points
4.2.1 The points() Function
4.2.2 The text() Function
4.2.3 The symbols() Function
4.2.4 The image() and rasterImage() Functions
4.2.4.1 The image() Function
4.2.4.2 The rasterImage() Function
4.3 Functions That Use Lines
4.3.1 The lines() and abline() Functions
4.3.2 The curve() Function
4.3.3 The segments() and arrows() Functions
4.3.3.1 The segments() Function
4.3.3.2 The arrows() Function
4.3.3.3 An Example of Using segments() and arrows()

4.3.4 Functions That Plot Lines That Close on Themselves: rect(), polygon(), and polypath()
4.3.4.1 The rect() Function
4.3.4.2 The polygon() Function
4.3.4.3 The polypath() Function
4.3.4.4 An Example of rect(), polygon(), and polypath()
4.3.5 The contour() Function
4.4 Functions to Provide Information About or to Interact with a Plot
4.4.1 The legend() and mtext() Functions
4.4.1.1 The legend() Function
4.4.1.2 The mtext() Function
4.4.2 The Interactive Functions: identify() and locator()
4.4.2.1 The identify() Function
4.4.2.2 The locator() Function