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"Error in int_abline...plot.new has not been called yet"

I've seen this error posted elsewhere here, but I've not gotten any of the fixes to work. I'm currently using the built-in "faithful" dataset as part of the r-tutor.com tutorial: 

duration = faithful$eruptions
waiting = faithful$waiting
abline(lm(duration ~ waiting))
Error in int_abline(a = a, b = b, h = h, v = v, untf = untf, ...) : 
  plot.new has not been called yet

I tried plot.new(), no luck. I tried 

x <- (duration ~ waiting)
abline(x)

no luck.

I tried re-starting R, no luck. Using 3.0.0 for Windows. Thanks.

Solution

  • abline has to be called on an existing plot. You can't call it when nothing has been plotted.

    You probably wanted to do this:

    plot(duration ~ waiting, data=faithful)
abline(lm(duration ~ waiting, data=faithful))