\HeaderA{splom}{Scatter Plot Matrices}{splom}
\aliasA{parallel}{splom}{parallel}
\keyword{hplot}{splom}
\begin{Description}\relax
Draw Conditional Scatter Plot Matrices and Parallel Coordinate Plots
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
splom(formula,
      data,
      aspect = 1,
      between = list(x = 0.5, y = 0.5),
      panel = if (is.null(groups)) "panel.splom" else "panel.superpose",
      superpanel = "panel.pairs",
      pscales = 5,
      varnames, ...)
parallel(formula,
         data,
         between = list(x = 0.5, y = 0.5),
         panel = "panel.parallel",
         varnames,
         ...)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{formula}] a formula describing the structure of the plot, which
should be of the form \code{\textasciitilde{} x | g1 * g2 * ...}, where \code{x}
is a data frame or a matrix. Each of \code{g1,g2,...} must be
either factors or shingles. The conditioning variables
\code{g1,g2,...} may be omitted, in which case the leading
\code{\textasciitilde{}} may also be omitted.

\item[\code{data}] a data frame containing values for any variables in the
formula. By default the environment where the function 
was called from is used.

\item[\code{aspect}] aspect ratio of each panel (and subpanel), square by default for
\code{splom}.

\item[\code{between}] to avoid confusion between panels and subpanels, the default is to
show the panels of a splom plot with space between them.

\item[\code{panel}] Usual interpretation for \code{parallel}, namely the function that
creates the display within each panel. 

For \code{splom}, the terminology is slightly complicated. The role
played by the panel function in most other high-level functions is
played here by the \code{superpanel} function, which is responsible
for the display for each conditional data subset. \code{panel} is
simply an argument to the default \code{superpanel} function
\code{panel.pairs}, and is passed on to it unchanged. It is used
there to create each pairwise display. See \code{\LinkA{panel.pairs}{panel.pairs}}
for more useful options.


\item[\code{superpanel}] function that sets up the splom display, by default as a scatterplot
matrix.

\item[\code{pscales}] a numeric value or a list, meant to be a less functional substitute
for the \code{scales} argument in \code{xyplot} etc. This argument
is passed to the \code{superpanel} function, and is handled by the
default superpanel function \code{panel.pairs}. The help page for
the latter documents this argument in more detail.

\item[\code{varnames}] character vector giving the names of the p variables in x. By
default, the column names of x.

\item[\code{...}] other arguments
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
\code{splom} produces Scatter Plot Matrices. The role usually played by
\code{panel} is taken over by \code{superpanel}, which determines how
the columns of \code{x} are to be arranged for pairwise plots. The
only available option currently is \code{panel.pairs}.

Many of the finer customizations usually done via arguments to high
level function like \code{xyplot} are instead done by
\code{panel.pairs} for \code{splom}. These include control of axis
limits, tick locations and prepanel calcultions. If you are trying to
fine-tune your \code{splom} plot, definitely look at the
\code{\LinkA{panel.pairs}{panel.pairs}} help page. The \code{scales} argument is
usually not very useful in \code{splom}, and trying to change it may
have undesired effects.

\code{parallel} draws Parallel Coordinate Plots. (Difficult to
describe, see example.)

These and all other high level Trellis functions have several
arguments in common. These are extensively documented only in the
help page for \code{xyplot}, which should be consulted to learn more
detailed usage.
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
An object of class ``trellis''. The `update' method can be used to
update components of the object and the `print' method (usually called
by default) will plot it on an appropriate plotting device.
\end{Value}
\begin{Author}\relax
Deepayan Sarkar \email{Deepayan.Sarkar@R-project.org}
\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{xyplot}{xyplot}}, \code{\LinkA{Lattice}{Lattice}}, \code{\LinkA{panel.pairs}{panel.pairs}}
\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
super.sym <- trellis.par.get("superpose.symbol")
splom(~iris[1:4], groups = Species, data = iris,
      panel = panel.superpose,
      key = list(title = "Three Varieties of Iris",
                 columns = 3, 
                 points = list(pch = super.sym$pch[1:3],
                 col = super.sym$col[1:3]),
                 text = list(c("Setosa", "Versicolor", "Virginica"))))
splom(~iris[1:3]|Species, data = iris, 
      layout=c(2,2), pscales = 0,
      varnames = c("Sepal\nLength", "Sepal\nWidth", "Petal\nLength"),
      page = function(...) {
          ltext(x = seq(.6, .8, len = 4), 
                y = seq(.9, .6, len = 4), 
                lab = c("Three", "Varieties", "of", "Iris"),
                cex = 2)
      })
parallel(~iris[1:4] | Species, iris) 
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

