Hi Carrie, the output is defined by you; density() only creates the function which you need to plot using the plot() function. When you call plot(density(x)) you get the output on the screen. You need to use pdf() if you want to create a pdf file, png() for creating a png file or postscript if you like ps; there are many others.
Ralf On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Carrie Li <carrieands...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am confused regarding the function "density". > suppose that there is a sample x of 100 data points, and plot(density(x)) > gives it's pdf ? > or it's more like histogram only ? > > thanks for any answering > > Carrie > > [[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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
