\Header{boxplot}{Box Plots}
\methalias{boxplot.default}{boxplot}
\methalias{boxplot.formula}{boxplot}
\keyword{hplot}{boxplot}
\begin{Description}\relax
Produce box-and-whisker plot(s) of the given (grouped) values.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
boxplot(x, ...)
boxplot.default(x, ..., range = 1.5, width = NULL,
        varwidth = FALSE, notch = FALSE, names, boxwex = 0.8,
        data = sys.frame(sys.parent()), plot = TRUE,
        border = par("fg"), col = NULL, log = "", pars = NULL)
boxplot.formula(formula, data = NULL, subset, na.action, ...)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{x}] an R object.
\item[\code{...}] methods may have additional arguments.
\item[\code{x, ...}] the data from which the boxplots are to be produced.
The data can be specified as separate vectors, each
corresponding to a component boxplot, or as a single list
containing such vectors.  Alternatively a symbolic specification
of the form \code{x $\,\tilde{\,}$ g} can be given, indicating that the
observations in the vector \code{x} are to be grouped according
to the levels of the \code{\Link{factor}} \code{g}.  In this
case the argument \code{data} can be used to provide values for
the variables in the specification. \code{\Link{NA}}s are
allowed in the data.
\item[\code{range}] this determines how far the plot whiskers extend out
from the box.  If \code{range} is positive, the whiskers extend
to the most extreme data point which is no more than
\code{range} times the interquartile range from the box. A value
of zero causes the whiskers to extend to the data extremes.
\item[\code{width}] a vector giving the relative widths of the boxes making
up the plot.
\item[\code{varwidth}] if \code{varwidth} is \code{TRUE}, the boxes are
drawn with widths proportional to the square-roots of the number
of observations in the groups.
\item[\code{notch}] if \code{notch} is \code{TRUE}, a notch is drawn in
each side of the boxes.  If the notches of two plots do not
overlap then the medians are significantly different at the 5
percent level.
\item[\code{names}] group labels which will be printed under each boxplot.
\item[\code{boxwex}] a scale factor to be applied to all boxes.  When there
are only a few groups, the appearance of the plot can be improved
by making the boxes narrower.
\item[\code{data}] \code{\Link{data.frame}}, \code{\Link{list}}, or
\code{\Link{environment}} in which variable names are evaluated
when \code{x} is a formula.
\item[\code{plot}] if \code{TRUE} (the default) then a boxplot is
produced.  If not, the summaries which the boxplots are based on
are returned.
\item[\code{border}] an optional vector of colors for the outlines of the
boxplots.  The values in \code{border} are recycled if the
length of \code{border} is less than the number of plots.
\item[\code{col}] if \code{col} is non-null it is assumed to contain colors
to be used to col the bodies of the box plots.
\item[\code{log}] character indicating if x or y or both coordinates should
be plotted in log scale.
\item[\code{pars, ...}] graphical parameters can also be passed as
arguments to \code{boxplot}.
\item[\code{formula}] a formula, such as \code{y $\,\tilde{\,}$ x}.
\item[\code{data}] a data.frame (or list) from which the variables in
\code{formula} should be taken.
\item[\code{subset}] an optional vector specifying a subset of observations
to be used in the fitting process.
\item[\code{na.action}] a function which indicates what should happen when
the data contain \code{NA}s.
\item[\code{...}] further arguments to the default boxplot method and
graphical parameters may also be passed as arguments, see
\code{\Link{par}}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
This is a generic function.  It currently has a default method
(\code{boxplot.default}) and a formula interface
(\code{boxplot.formula}).\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
List with the following components:
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{stats}] a matrix, each column contains the extreme of the lower whisker,
the lower hinge, the median, the upper hinge and the extreme of
the upper whisker for one group/plot.
\item[\code{n}] a vector with the number of observations in each group.
\item[\code{conf}] a matrix where each column contains the lower and upper
extremes of the notch.
\item[\code{out}] the values of any data points which lie beyond the
extremes of the whiskers.
\item[\code{group}] a vector of the same length as \code{out} whose elements
indicate which group the outlier belongs to
\item[\code{names}] a vector of names for the groups
\end{ldescription}
\end{Value}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{boxplot.stats}} which does the computation,
\code{\Link{bxp}} for the plotting, and \code{\Link{stripplot}} for an
alternative (with small data sets).\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
## boxplot on a formula:
data(InsectSprays)
boxplot(count ~ spray, data = InsectSprays, col = "lightgray")

data(OrchardSprays)
boxplot(decrease ~ treatment, data = OrchardSprays,
        log = "y", col="bisque")

## boxplot on a matrix:
mat <- cbind(Uni05 = (1:100)/21, Norm = rnorm(100),
             T5 = rt(100, df = 5), Gam2 = rgamma(100, shape = 2))
boxplot(data.frame(mat), main = "boxplot(data.frame(mat), main = ...)")
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

