The data you supplied is still in a useless format. Please send it to us in dput format (and don't post in html)
Here is a complete example of creating a data.frame and converting it to a useable data set that readers on R-help can use ##=============Start Example===============## # Simple example data set in a data.frame data1 <- data.frame(xx = 1:20, yy = sample(letters[1:26], 20, replace = TRUE), zz <- rnorm(20)) dput(data1) # convert to dput() format for tranfering to other userss # dput() result. Copy and paste back into your editor structure(list(xx = 1:20, yy = structure(c(6L, 3L, 7L, 12L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 7L, 9L, 6L, 8L, 7L, 9L, 5L, 4L, 10L, 11L, 4L, 8L, 11L ), .Label = c("a", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "o", "p", "u", "w", "z"), class = "factor"), zz....rnorm.20. = c(0.379202224643519, -0.293649882956148, 2.27761155645142, 0.0378126031936277, 0.518138385757923, 1.11655160886907, -1.64262245261915, 1.11341365979718, -0.184737977758355, 0.439361470235051, 1.2597110753159, -0.795425331570368, 0.974654694801041, -0.309087884123705, -1.55929705211554, 0.147715827800676, -0.542626171203849, 0.745294589678554, -0.254290052908619, 0.939894889209173)), .Names = c("xx", "yy", "zz....rnorm.20."), row.names = c(NA, -20L), class = "data.frame") # Read data back into standard R format, calling the data "dat1" dat1 <- structure(list(xx = 1:20, yy = structure(c(6L, 3L, 7L, 12L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 7L, 9L, 6L, 8L, 7L, 9L, 5L, 4L, 10L, 11L, 4L, 8L, 11L ), .Label = c("a", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "o", "p", "u", "w", "z"), class = "factor"), zz....rnorm.20. = c(0.379202224643519, -0.293649882956148, 2.27761155645142, 0.0378126031936277, 0.518138385757923, 1.11655160886907, -1.64262245261915, 1.11341365979718, -0.184737977758355, 0.439361470235051, 1.2597110753159, -0.795425331570368, 0.974654694801041, -0.309087884123705, -1.55929705211554, 0.147715827800676, -0.542626171203849, 0.745294589678554, -0.254290052908619, 0.939894889209173)), .Names = c("xx", "yy", "zz....rnorm.20."), row.names = c(NA, -20L), class = "data.frame") dat1 ##=============End Example===============## John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: ntfr...@gmail.com > Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:55:11 +0300 > To: jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us > Subject: Re: [R] Multiple Plots using ggplot > > Hi All, > > Sorry for the shape of data which was not good enough.This is how my > data look like. > > I want to plot multiple using ggplot function from a data frame of > many columns. I want to plot only Start.of.Rain..i., > Start.of.Rain..ii. and Start.of.Rain..iii. and I failed to make it. > What I want is to compare Start.of.Rain..i., Start.of.Rain..ii. and > Start.of.Rain..iii. by plotting vertical line. I also need to add > points to the plot to be able to separate them. The x-axis must be > date column. Thanks! > > Here is how the data look like and how I tried to make it. > > > > Date Number.of.Rain.Days Total.rain Start.of.Rain..i. Start.of.Rain..ii. > Start.of.Rain..iii. 1952-01-01 86 1139.952 92 239 11 1953-01-01 96 > 977.646 > 98 98 11 1954-01-01 114 1382.014 92 92 12 1955-01-01 119 1323.086 100 100 > 12 1956-01-01 123 1266.444 92 92 11 1957-01-01 124 1235.964 92 92 11 > > > Here is how I tried to solve the problem. > > df1 <-data.frame(data) > df1 > df2 <- melt(df1 , id = 'Date', variable_name = 'start of Rains') > df2 > > ggplot(df2, aes(Date,value)) + geom_line(aes(colour ="red"),type = "h") > > Kindly any help is welcome. Thanks > > Regards, > Frederic. > > Frederic Ntirenganya > Maseno University, > African Maths Initiative, > Kenya. > Mobile:(+254)718492836 > Email: fr...@aims.ac.za > https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Jeff Newmiller > <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> > wrote: > >> This is no better because (a) you are still posting using HTML format, >> and >> (b) using printed output loses the internal representation of the data. >> The >> dput function is very helpful for solving this. [1] >> >> [1] >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5963269/how-to-make-a-great-r-reproducible-example >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go >> Live... >> DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live >> Go... >> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing >> Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >> /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. >> rocks...1k >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> On March 30, 2015 10:56:48 PM PDT, Frederic Ntirenganya >> <ntfr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >Hi Stephen, >>> >> >Sorry, the data came in bad way. >> >Here is the head of the data. >>> >>>> head(data) Date Number.of.Rain.Days Total.rain >> >Start.of.Rain..i. Start.of.Rain..ii. Start.of.Rain..iii. >> >Start.Rain..iv. >> >1 1952-01-01 86 1139.952 92 >>> 239 112 112 >> >2 1953-01-01 96 977.646 98 >>> 98 112 112 >> >3 1954-01-01 114 1382.014 92 >>> 92 120 120 >> >4 1955-01-01 119 1323.086 100 >>> 100 125 174 >> >5 1956-01-01 123 1266.444 92 >>> 92 119 119 >> >6 1957-01-01 124 1235.964 92 >>> 92 112 112 >>> >>> >>> >> >Frederic Ntirenganya >> >Maseno University, >> >African Maths Initiative, >> >Kenya. >> >Mobile:(+254)718492836 >> >Email: fr...@aims.ac.za >> >https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ >>> >> >On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:34 PM, stephen sefick <ssef...@gmail.com> >> >wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Frederic, >>>> >>>> Can you provide a minimal reproducible example including either real >> >data >>>> (dput), or simulated data that mimics your situation? This will allow >> >more >>>> people to help. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Frederic Ntirenganya >> ><ntfr...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> >>>>> I want to plot multiple using ggplot function from a data frame of >>>>> many columns. I want to plot only str1, str2 and str3 and I failed >> >to >>>>> make it. What I want is to compare str1, str2 and str3 by plotting >>>>> vertical line. I also need to add points to the plot to be able to >>>>> separate them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here is how the data look like and how I tried to make it. >>>>> >>>>> Date NumberofRaindays TotalRains str1 str2 str3 1/1/1952 86 1360.5 >> >92 120 >>>>> 112 1/1/1953 96 1100 98 100 110 >>>>> ... .... >>>>> .... ... .... .... >>>>> >>>>> df1 <-data.frame(data) >>>>> df1 >>>>> df2 <- melt(df1 , id = 'Date', variable_name = 'start of Rains') >>>>> df2 >>>>> >>>>> ggplot(df2, aes(Date,value)) + geom_line(aes(colour ="red"),type = >> >"h") >>>>> >>>>> Kindly any help is welcome. Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Frederic. >>>>> >>>>> Frederic Ntirenganya >>>>> Maseno University, >>>>> African Maths Initiative, >>>>> Kenya. >>>>> Mobile:(+254)718492836 >>>>> Email: fr...@aims.ac.za >>>>> https://sites.google.com/a/aims.ac.za/fredo/ >>>>> >>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen Sefick >>>> ************************************************** >>>> Auburn University >>>> Biological Sciences >>>> 331 Funchess Hall >>>> Auburn, Alabama >>>> 36849 >>>> ************************************************** >>>> sas0...@auburn.edu >>>> http://www.auburn.edu/~sas0025 >>>> ************************************************** >>>> >>>> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >> >so >>>> little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >> >make us >>>> feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying >> >little >>>> problems of being mammals. >>>> >>>> -K. Mullis >>>> >>>> "A big computer, a complex algorithm and a long time does not equal >>>> science." >>>> >>>> -Robert Gentleman >>>> >>>> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> >> >______________________________________________ >> >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> >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. >> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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 MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.