Dear Dimitri, Ggplot2 solves your problem with the gridlines and requires much less code. You only need to reshape your data somewhat.
library(ggplot2) #changing the dataset my.data2 <- my.data my.data2$x <- my.data$x + my.data$a my.data2$z <- my.data$y + my.data$z Molten2 <- melt(my.data2, id.vars = "date") Molten2$variable <- factor(Molten2$variable, levels = c("z", "y", "x", "a")) #basic plot ggplot(Molten2, aes(x = date, y = value, fill = variable)) + geom_area(position = "identity") #changing the lay-out a bit ggplot(Molten2, aes(x = date, y = value, fill = variable)) + geom_area(position = "identity") + scale_fill_manual(value = c(z = "orange", y = "green", x = "blue", a = "yellow")) + scale_x_date(major = "months", format="%d-%m-%Y") + opts(axis.text.x = theme_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1)) HTH, Thierry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ir. Thierry Onkelinx Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg Gaverstraat 4 9500 Geraardsbergen Belgium Research Institute for Nature and Forest team Biometrics & Quality Assurance Gaverstraat 4 9500 Geraardsbergen Belgium tel. + 32 54/436 185 thierry.onkel...@inbo.be www.inbo.be To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data. ~ John Tukey > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] Namens Dimitri Liakhovitski > Verzonden: dinsdag 5 oktober 2010 16:37 > Aan: r-help@r-project.org > Onderwerp: [R] is there a way to avoid "traveling" grid? > > Hello! > > If you run the whole code below, it'll produce a stacked diagram. And > it looks good - because the tick-marks are aligned with the grid. > However, if I stretch the graph window, grid becomes misaligned with > the tickmarks. Or, rather, it seems aligned for the first and the last > tick mark, but not for tickmarks in between. > Can it be addressed? > Thank you! > > Dimitri > > > ### Creating a data set with both positives and negatives > my.data<-data.frame(date=c(20080301,20080401,20080501,20080601 ,20080701,20080801,20080901,20081001,20081101,20081201,20090101,20090201 ,20090301,20090401,20090501,20090601,20090701,20090801,20090901,20091001 ,20091101,20091201,> 20100101,20100201,20100301,20100402,20100503), > x=c(1.1, 1, 1.6, 1, 2, 1.5, 2.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.1, 1, 1.6, 1, 2, 1.5, > 2.1, 1.3, 1.9, 1.1, 1, 1.6, 1, 2, 1.5, 2.1, 1.3, 1.9), > y=c(-4,-3,-6,-5,-7,-5.2,-6,-4,-4.9,-4,-3,-6,-5,-7,-5.2,-6,-4,- > 4.9,-4,-3,-6,-5,-7,-5.2,-6,-4,-4.9), > z=c(-0.2,-0.3,-0.4,-0.1,-0.2,-0.05,-0.2,-0.15,-0.06,-0.2,-0.3, > -0.4,-0.1,-0.2,-0.05,-0.2,-0.15,-0.06,-0.06,-0.2,-0.3,-0.4,-0. > 1,-0.2,-0.05,-0.2,-0.15), > a=c(10,13,15,15,16,17,15,16,14,10,13,15,15,16,17,15,16,14,10,1 > 3,15,15,16,17,15,16,14)) > my.data$date<-as.character(my.data$date) > my.data$date<-as.Date(my.data$date,"%Y%m%d") > (my.data) > str(my.data) > > positives<-which(colSums(my.data[2:ncol(my.data)])>0) # which vars > have positive column sums? > negatives<-which(colSums(my.data[2:ncol(my.data)])<0) # which vars > have negative column sums? > > y.max<-1.1*max(rowSums(my.data[names(positives)])) # the max on the y > axis of the chart > y.min<-1.1*min(rowSums(my.data[names(negatives)])) # the min on the y > axis of the chart > ylim <- c(y.min, y.max) > order.positives<-rev(rank(positives)) > order.of.pos.vars<-names(order.positives) > order.negatives<-rev(rank(negatives)) > order.of.neg.vars<-names(order.negatives) > order<-c(order.negatives,order.positives) > order.of.vars<-names(order) # the order of variables on the chart - > from the bottom up > ### so, the bottom-most area should be for z, the second from the > bottom area- for y (above z) > > all.colors<-c('red','blue','green','orange','yellow','purple') > xx <- c(my.data$date, rev(my.data$date)) > bottom.y.coordinates<-rowSums(my.data[names(negatives)]) > > > par(mar=c(5,4,4,6),xpd=F) > plot(x=my.data$date, y=bottom.y.coordinates, ylim=ylim, col='white', > type='l', xaxt='n', > ylab='Title for Y', xlab="", main='Chart Title') > > for(var in order.of.neg.vars){ > top.line.coords<-bottom.y.coordinates-my.data[[var]] > bottom.coords<-c(bottom.y.coordinates,rev(top.line.coords)) > > polygon(xx,bottom.coords,col=all.colors[which(names(my.data) > %in% var)]) > bottom.y.coordinates<-top.line.coords > } > > for(var in order.of.pos.vars){ > top.line.coords<-bottom.y.coordinates+my.data[[var]] > bottom.coords<-c(bottom.y.coordinates,rev(top.line.coords)) > > polygon(xx,bottom.coords,col=all.colors[which(names(my.data) > %in% var)]) > bottom.y.coordinates<-top.line.coords > } > > axis(1, labels =format(as.Date(my.data$date, origin="1970-01-01"), > "%Y-%m-%d"), at=my.data$date, las=2,cex.axis=0.7) > grid(nx=(length(my.data$date)-1),ny=NULL,col = "lightgray", lty = > "dotted",lwd = par("lwd")) > > legend(par()$usr[2], > mean(par()$usr[3:4]), > c("Blue","Yellow","Green","Orange"), > xpd=T, > bty="n", > pch=12, > col=c("Blue","Yellow","Green","Orange")) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > Druk dit bericht a.u.b. niet onnodig af. 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