Better yet use two graphs on the same page. It is damned hard to read and understand a two axes display.
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [R] Plot two graphs with different ranges in one > To: "Rolf Turner" <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> > Cc: "r-help@r-project.org" <r-help@r-project.org> > Received: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 8:43 PM > On 7/2/09, Rolf Turner <r.tur...@auckland.ac.nz> > wrote: > > > > On 3/07/2009, at 11:29 AM, Hongwei Dong wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, I'm trying to plot two variables in one > graph. One ranges between 0 > > and > > > 1, while the other ranges between 50 and 500. Can > I plot them in one graph > > > with similar scale? > > > > > > > Yes you can, but DON'T!!! Such graphs are > terribly misleading and > > confusing. > > > > But if you insist --- and be it on your own head > --- see > > > > http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=tips:graphics-base:2yaxes > > > > Don't say I didn't warn you! > > > > cheers, > > > > > Rolf Turner > > Add color. Make one data set red, the other blue. Colorize > the y > axises appropriately. then it's reasonable and I find in > some cases > useful. (Wish I knew how to do it in R...) > > I agree - in black and white it's almost useless. > > cheers, > Mark > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ______________________________________________ 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.
