Oh thanks Thierry, the ggplot produces very nice graphics. Really amazing.
I'll read more about it.
Thanks,
best regards
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:56 AM, ONKELINX, Thierry <thierry.onkel...@inbo.be
> wrote:
> Or you could use ggplot2
>
> library(ggplot2)
> Dataset <- read.csv("file.csv", header=TRUE)
> ggplot(Dataset, aes(x = YEAR, y = CASES, colour = AREA)) + geom_line()
>
> HTH,
>
> Thierry
>
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> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org
> > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] Namens Jim Lemon
> > Verzonden: woensdag 30 juni 2010 13:33
> > Aan: Pablo Cerdeira
> > CC: r-help@r-project.org
> > Onderwerp: Re: [R] Multiline and grouping in R
> >
> > On 06/30/2010 10:42 AM, Pablo Cerdeira wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > this is my first mail here.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to plot a multiline chart grouping values with
> > no success.
> > > I have read a lot in the official Wiki and also searched
> > via Google,
> > > but I did not find anything.
> > >
> > > I'm importing some data from a cvs file. Here is a sample:
> > >
> > > YEAR,AREA,CASES
> > > 1988,CONTRACTS,286
> > > 1988,INTERNATIONAL,189
> > > 1988,FAMILY,385
> > > 1988,TAXATION,177
> > > 1989,CONTRACTS,233
> > > 1989,INTERNATIONAL,431
> > > 1989,FAMILY,425
> > > 1989,TAXATION,201
> > > 1990,CONTRACTS,190
> > > 1990,INTERNATIONAL,302
> > > 1990,FAMILY,303
> > > 1990,TAXATION,209
> > > ...
> > >
> > > "t<- read.csv("file.csv", header=TRUE)"
> > >
> > > So far so good...
> > >
> > > But the problem is: I'd like to create a multiline plot,
> > one line per
> > > AREA, showing the evolution of the number of CASES per YEAR.
> > >
> > Hi Pablo,
> > Just to give you another option, if your data frame is "pcdf":
> >
> > library(plotrix)
> > newpcmat<-cbind(pcdf$CASES[pcdf$YEAR==1988],
> > pcdf$CASES[pcdf$YEAR==1989],
> > pcdf$CASES[pcdf$YEAR==1990])
> > colnames(newpcmat)<-c("1988","1989","1990")
> > rownames(newpcdf)<-c("CONTRACTS","INTERNATIONAL","FAMILY","TAXATION")
> > bumpchart(newpcmat,col=1:4,rank=FALSE,
> > main="Number of cases by year")
> > boxed.labels(rep(2.5,3),c(400,300,200),c(400,300,200))
> >
> > Jim
> >
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