Dear Tariq,

A good starting point would be ?matplot. Also, you can try this:

set.seed(123)
X=cbind(1:10,matrix(rnorm(10*5),ncol=5))
matplot(X[,1],X[,2:5],type='o',lty=1,col=1,pch=1:5,xlab="Variable
X",ylab="Outcome")

and the add your any text you want around.

HTH,

Jorge




On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Tariq Perwez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to plot multiple lines on one plot such that all lines are of
> the same color (black) and continuous. I need to distinguish these multiple
> plots from each other by using different symbols (I am using pch=).
> However,
> all my lines are broken on both sides of the symbols. This unfortunate (and
> unsightly) behavior seems to be the default. In my search of the help
> archives for R over several days, I have not been able to solve this
> problem. I would appreciate any help and suggestions. My code for the plot
> is below (minus the data):
>
> exa1.1 <- read.table("multcol.txt", header=T, sep='    ')# Total of 4
> columns; first one to be on x-axis
> attach(exa1.1)
> names(exa1.1)
> exa1.1
>
>
> plot(exa1.1$Year, exa1.1$EM, ylim=range(exa1.1[,-1]), type = 'b' ,pch=16,
> main = ""), las=1, cex.main=1.75,lab =c(12,8,10), ylab="", xlab="", )
> lines(exa1.1$Year,exa1.1$IM,type='b', pch=1)
> lines(exa1.1$Year,exa1.1$BM,type='b', pch=17)
> mtext(side = 2, text = "Klett units", line = 3.5, cex=1.2)
> mtext(side = 1, text = expression(Time~at~37*degree*C~(minutes)), line =
> 2.75,cex=1.2)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tariq
>
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