h <- structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, NA, 6L, 7L, 8L, NA, 10L, 1L, NA,
8L, 7L, 6L, 5L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 1L), .Dim = c(10L, 2L), .Dimnames = list(
    c("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"), c("site1",
    "site2")), index = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), class = "zoo")

diff.temp <- function(x, a, b,use="pairwise.complete.obs")
{
    library(zoo)
    library(chron)
    na.method <- match.arg(use, c("all.obs", "complete.obs",
    "pairwise.complete.obs"))
    opar <- par
    par(mfrow=c(2,1))
    f <- colnames(x)
    d <- (x[,a]-x[,b])
    plot(d, main= paste(f[a], "-", f[b]))
    plot(density(na.omit(coredata(d))), main="")
par(opar)
}

give a NULL after execution
what is the problem?

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:42 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I can fix the par settings.  I am new to function writing.  I would like to
> use the na.method in the
> d<- (x-y)
>
> how?
>
> I don't know what a driver is sorry for my ignorance
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Gabor Grothendieck <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> See ?paste and the collapse argument, in particular:
>>
>>   plot(d, main = paste(paste(colnames(x), collapse = " "),
>>        paste(colnames(y), collapse = " "), sep = " - "))
>>
>> Also your function sets na.method but never uses it and leaves the par
>> settings
>> changed afterwards.  See ?par.  It could also benefit from the use of
>> ?match.arg
>>
>> Also please include drivers that call the posted function so one can
>> run them in
>> a reproducible manner.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:04 PM, stephen sefick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > #this is my little function that I would like to use the column names of
>> the
>> > x and y arguments in the function.  I would like it to read
>> > #            site1-site2 how would I do this
>> > diff.temp <- function(x, y ,use="pairwise.complete.obs")
>> > {
>> >    na.method <- pmatch(use, c("all.obs", "complete.obs",
>> >    "pairwise.complete.obs"))
>> >    par(mfrow=c(2,1))
>> >    d <- (x-y)
>> >    plot(d, main="paste(colnames(x))-paste(colnames(y))")
>> >    plot(density(na.omit(coredata(d))))
>> > }
>> >
>> > --
>> > Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so
>> > little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make
>> us
>> > feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying
>> little
>> > problems of being mammals.
>> >
>> > -K. Mullis
>> >
>> >        [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>> >
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>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so
> little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us
> feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little
> problems of being mammals.
>
> -K. Mullis
>



-- 
Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so
little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us
feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little
problems of being mammals.

-K. Mullis

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