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islands {datasets}

Package: 
datasets
Version: 
R 2.15.0

Description

The areas in thousands of square miles of the landmasses which exceed 10,000 square miles.

Usage

islands

References

McNeil, D. R. (1977) Interactive Data Analysis. Wiley.

Examples

require(graphics)
dotchart(log(islands, 10),
   main = "islands data: log10(area) (log10(sq. miles))")
dotchart(log(islands[order(islands)], 10),
   main = "islands data: log10(area) (log10(sq. miles))")

Documentation reproduced from R 2.15.0. License: GPL-2.