Hi Maria, Perhaps something like this: mldf<-read.table(text="Sample Cu Zn Mn M1 1 5 10 M2 2.5 11 8 M3 1.15 11 12 M4 2 4 30 M5 8 15 35", header=TRUE) matplot(mldf,type="b",pch=c("C","Z","M"))
Jim On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Maria Lathouri via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > Dear all > I know that my question is very simple but although I tried to find an answer > online, I couldn't and I am stuck. > I have a dataset of three numerical variables measured in different samples > ID. Something like this: > Sample Cu Zn MnM1 1 5 > 10M2 2.5 11 8M3 1.15 11 > 12 M4 2 4 30M5 8 15 > 35 > I would like to plot these variables (Cu, Zn, Mn) (in y-axis) against the > Sample ID (in x-axis) in a scatter plot with lines as I want to see how they > change in the samples. > I tried using the command>plot(Sample, Cu, type="l", lty=1, col="red") > but I wouldn't get a line. Actually, I would get some small horizontal lines > in each point. I tried to use type="p" but I would get the same thing. > I would very much appreciate if you could help me on that. Apparently, I am > missing something. > Thank you in advance. > Kind regards,Maria > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.