\Header{plot.formula}{Formula Notation for Scatterplots}
\alias{lines.formula}{plot.formula}
\alias{points.formula}{plot.formula}
\keyword{hplot}{plot.formula}
\begin{Description}\relax
Specify a scatterplot or add points or lines via a formula.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
plot.formula(formula, ..., data = parent.frame(), subset,
             ylab = varnames[response], ask = TRUE)
points.formula(formula, ..., data = parent.frame(), subset)
lines.formula(formula, ..., data = parent.frame(), subset)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{formula}] a \code{\Link{formula}}, such as \code{y \textasciitilde{} 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{ylab}] the y label of the plot(s)
\item[\code{...}] Further graphical parameters may also be passed as
arguments, see \code{\Link{par}}
\item[\code{ask}] logical, see \code{\Link{par}}.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
Both the terms in the formula and the \code{...} arguments are
evaluated in \code{data} enclosed in \code{parent.frame()} if
\code{data} is a list or a data frame. The terms of the formula and
those arguments in \code{...} that are of the same length as
\code{data} are subjected to the subsetting specified in
\code{subset}. If the formula in \code{plot.formula} contains more
than one non-response term, a series of plots of y against each term
is given. A plot against the running index can be specified as
\code{plot(y\textasciitilde{}1)}.

If \code{y} is an object (ie. has a \code{\Link{class}} attribute)
then \code{plot.formula} looks for a plot method for that class first.\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
These functions are invoked for their side effect of drawing 
in the active graphics device.\end{Value}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{plot.default}}, \code{\Link{plot.factor}}.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
data(airquality)
op <- par(mfrow=c(2,1))
plot(Ozone ~ Wind, data = airquality, pch=as.character(Month))
plot(Ozone ~ Wind, data = airquality, pch=as.character(Month),
     subset = Month != 7)
par(op)
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

