Hi Sarah, thanks for your reply. Im not sure how to use dput? If I create an object of my data, does that mean you can read it in from your side or something?
Here is my code: X Data Date 5.61 24/09/2012 09:13 5.80 16/10/2012 11:17 6.01 24/10/2012 21:43 5.65 11/09/2012 18:34 5.27 22/08/2012 15:45 5.67 10/08/2012 00:30 5.66 14/08/2012 14:52 5.81 24/09/2012 12:19 5.67 25/10/2012 12:45 5.46 07/11/2012 14:07 5.81 17/10/2012 10:51 5.86 07/11/2012 15:54 5.70 01/11/2012 19:21 5.33 01/11/2012 12:23 5.99 02/10/2012 21:25 5.70 30/11/2012 11:40 6.06 26/10/2012 13:21 5.47 23/08/2012 13:28 6.42 19/12/2012 10:54 6.05 09/08/2012 22:45 5.49 12/09/2012 09:39 5.45 11/10/2012 11:28 5.48 13/08/2012 16:15 5.61 10/09/2012 11:01 5.96 21/08/2012 10:55 5.37 30/11/2012 10:03 5.77 26/10/2012 17:08 5.81 03/10/2012 12:45 dput(X, "X") plot(X$Data,Y$Date,yaxt="n", xaxt="n",type="o") lines(X$Data,Y$Date,pch=21, col="blue",type="o") Thanks again On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Sarah Goslee <sarah.gos...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Shane, > > Please use dput() to provide your data, rather than pasting it in so > that we can work from the same R object you are. Please also provide > the code you're using to make the graph. > > Sarah > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Shane Carey <careys...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a set of x, y points where x represents dates and y actual > values. I > > am trying to plot a line graph of the data with points on top, but R is > > connecting the wrong points with lines. Does anyone know how I can > rectify > > this. Please see sample below: > > > > x= > > 24/09/2009 09:13 16/10/2009 11:17 24/10/2009 21:43 11/09/2009 > > 18:34 22/08/2009 > > 15:45 10/08/2009 00:30 14/08/2009 14:52 24/09/2009 12:19 > > 25/10/2009 12:45 07/11/2009 14:07 17/10/2009 10:51 07/11/2009 15:54 > > 01/11/2009 19:21 01/11/2009 12:23 02/10/2009 21:25 30/11/2009 11:40 > > 26/10/2009 13:21 23/08/2009 13:28 19/12/2009 10:54 09/08/2009 22:45 > > 12/09/2009 > > 09:39 11/10/2009 11:28 13/08/2009 16:15 10/09/2009 11:01 21/08/2009 > > 10:55 30/11/2009 10:03 26/10/2009 17:08 03/10/2009 12:45 > > > > y= > > 4.2537264 4.397792 4.5570224 4.284056 3.9959248 4.2992208 > 4.2916384 > > 4.4053744 4.2992208 4.1399904 4.4053744 4.4432864 4.321968 > 4.0414192 > > 4.5418576 4.321968 4.5949344 4.1475728 4.8679008 4.587352 4.1627376 > > 4.132408 4.1551552 4.2537264 4.5191104 4.0717488 4.3750448 > 4.4053744 > > Thanks > > -- > > Shane > > > > -- > Sarah Goslee > http://www.functionaldiversity.org > -- Shane [[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.