Hi Jim Thank you for your quick response. This worked great. I am having the same problem again. I have moved on to calculating returns from rates and want to plot returns on the y axis and again dates on the x axis. The code I am using to calculate returns is as follows: rate<-x$Rate returns<-(diff(log(rate))) If I do: plot(returns, type="l") I get the graph I want however am having problems with the x axis again. Modification of the code below doesnt work as I now have one less dimension in returns. Hope I am making sense. Your help is much appreciated. > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:44 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [R] Graph Axis> CC: r-help@r-project.org> > You have > to convert you date to be a Date class:> > x <- read.table("/tempxx.txt", > header=TRUE, as.is=TRUE)> x$Date <- as.Date(x$Date, "%d/%m/%Y")> plot(x$Date, > x$Rate, type='l')> > > On 2/25/08, Khadija Mohammedali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:> >> > Hi I have data of exchange rates and time, and am trying to draw > a graph that will show the rates on the y axis and dates on the x axis. I am > using the following code: plot(rate, type='l', xlab='Date', ylab='Rate', > main='£ to Euro rate over 5 years')This gives me the graph I want although I > want to display the dates on the x axis, even if its just 2002, 2003,...2008. > Attached is my data. Hope you can help.> > > _________________________________________________________________> > [[elided > Hotmail spam]]> >> >> > ______________________________________________> > > 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.> >> >> >> > > -- > Jim Holtman> > Cincinnati, OH> +1 513 646 9390> > What is the problem you are trying to > solve? Tell me what you want to> do, not how you want to do it. _________________________________________________________________ Free games, great prizes - get gaming at Gamesbox.
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