The easiest way to supply data is to use the dput() function. Example with your file named "testfile": dput(testfile) Then copy the output and paste into your email. For large data sets, you can just supply a representative sample. Usually, dput(head(testfile, 100)) will be sufficient.
Generally speaking two y-axis scales are to be avoided if at all possible. Faceting is likely to give you better results although I see that the scale differences are annoying large. It is possible to plot the two facets of the graph independently in order to have two independent y-axes but it takes more work and may or may not be needed Here is a possible approach based on ggplot2 . You will probably have to install ggplot2 and reshape2 using install.packages() Notice I've changed your variable names around and turned your data into a dataframe with the matrix row.names as another variable. ##===================begin code======================# library(reshape2) library(ggplot2) dat1<-read.table(text=" place abund freq MOTU2 0.003 0.083 MOTU4 0.029 0.167 MOTU6 0.033 0.167 MOTU7 0.023 0.083 MOTU9 0.009 0.083 MOTU11 0.042 0.250 MOTU14 0.069 0.083 MOTU16 0.059 0.167 MOTU17 0.034 0.083 MOTU18 0.049 0.083 MOTU19 0.084 0.333 MOTU20 0.015 0.083 MOTU21 0.059 0.083 MOTU22 0.032 0.167 MOTU23 0.142 0.250 MOTU24 0.031 0.083 MOTU25 0.034 0.083 MOTU29 0.010 0.083 MOTU30 0.011 0.083 MOTU33 0.004 0.083 MOTU36 0.034 0.333 MOTU34 0.182 0.417 ",sep="",header=TRUE,stringsAsFactors=FALSE) str(dat1) dm1 <- melt(dat1, id = "place", variable.name="type", value.name="freq") str(dm1) # plot first alternative ggplot(dm1, aes(place, freq, colour = type, group = type )) + geom_line(group = 1) + facet_grid(type ~ . ) # or plot second alternative. ggplot(dm1, aes(place, freq, colour = type, group = type )) + geom_line(group = 1) + facet_grid(. ~ type ) ##====================end code=======================# > -----Original Message----- > From: gian.benu...@gmail.com > Sent: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:40:53 +0100 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] column and line graphs in R > > Hi again, > > Thank you all for your support. I would love to have a graph in which two > variables are contemporary showed. For example a histogram and a curve > should be the perfect choice. I tried to use twoord.plot() but I am not > sure I understand how to manage the the arguments lx, ly, rx, ry... > Anyway > these are my data: > >> nat_af > rel.abund rel.freq > MOTU2 0.003 0.083 > MOTU4 0.029 0.167 > MOTU6 0.033 0.167 > MOTU7 0.023 0.083 > MOTU9 0.009 0.083 > MOTU11 0.042 0.250 > MOTU14 0.069 0.083 > MOTU16 0.059 0.167 > MOTU17 0.034 0.083 > MOTU18 0.049 0.083 > MOTU19 0.084 0.333 > MOTU20 0.015 0.083 > MOTU21 0.059 0.083 > MOTU22 0.032 0.167 > MOTU23 0.142 0.250 > MOTU24 0.031 0.083 > MOTU25 0.034 0.083 > MOTU29 0.010 0.083 > MOTU30 0.011 0.083 > MOTU33 0.004 0.083 > MOTU36 0.034 0.333 > MOTU34 0.182 0.417 > > First column is the relative abundance of the given MOTU and second > column > is the relative frequency of the same MOTU. > Thank you very much in advance, > > -- > Gian > > > On 14 March 2013 14:51, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example >> >> You really need to read the posting guide and supply some sample data >> at >> the very least. >> >> Here is about as simple minded a plot as R will do as an example however >> >> dat1 <- structure(list(abond = c(17L, 3L, 6L, 11L, 5L, 8L, 13L, 16L, >> 15L, 2L), freq = c(17L, 14L, 7L, 13L, 19L, 5L, 3L, 20L, >> 9L, >> 10L >> )), .Names = c("abond", "freq"), row.names = c(NA, -10L), >> class = "data.frame") >> >> >> plot(dat1$abond, col = "red") >> lines(dat1$freq, col= "blue") >> John Kane >> Kingston ON Canada >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: gian.benu...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:05:40 +0100 >>> To: r-help@r-project.org >>> Subject: [R] column and line graphs in R >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I would love to plot my data with R. I have abundance and frequency of >>> fungal >>> taxonomic data that should be plotted in the same graph. In Microsoft >>> Excel >>> is that possible but the graphic result is, as always, very poor. Is >>> there >>> a function that may let me plot these data in R? >>> I have a matrix made of two columns, on is the relative abundance and >>> the >>> other is the relative frequency for each of my sample. >>> Thank you very much, >>> >>> -- >>> Gian >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! >> Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth >> >> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! ______________________________________________ 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.