On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Owen, Jason wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I need to create a scatterplot where the y-axis is upside down.  If I have 
> non-negative bivariate data in objects "x" and "y," then the operation
> 
> plot(x, -y)
> 
> gives me the figure I want -- a mirror image of plot(x, y) -- except that the 
> y-values (coordinates) are negative, which I don't want.  Is there a simple 
> way to do this?
> 
> Jason


This is where the 'ylim' argument to plot is helpful, along with ?rev and 
?range:

  x <- 1:10
  y <- 1:10
  plot(x, y)

versus:
  
  plot(x, y, ylim = rev(range(y)))

HTH,

Marc Schwartz

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