Hi, how about something like this:
a <- 1:10 b <- cumsum(a) c <- cumsum(b) d <- cumsum(c) X<- data.frame(a,b,c,d) plot(b ~ a, data=X, type="l", col="blue", ylim=c(0,max(X))) lines(c ~ a, data=X, col="green") lines(d ~ a, data=X, col="red") legend('topleft', legend=c('a', 'b', 'c'), col=c('blue', 'green', 'red'), lty=1) On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Mark Knecht<markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > OK, I'm struggling a bit with getting good basic plots so I put > together this little example. It works - sort of - but it seems a bit > hokey to me. Can someone suggest how a pro would do it? > > The goal is to take data from 4 columns of a data.frame (data read > in by read.csv) and generate a plot with the borders and text in black > and three lines in different colors. The code below generates that but > loses data because the second and third lines have values greater than > the first which set the Y axis max. I can use something like max(X$d) > to get the max size required but I don't see how to set the Y > dimension it in the first plot command. How do I do that? I looked in > ?par but didn't spot it. > > Last, how would I add a legend to explain the 3 lines? I haven't > studied it yet but maybe someone can point me at the right stuff. > > So, how could this little example be made to have all the data on > the plot and how could I code it better? I don't think those > 'as.vector' coercions are really the right way. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > X<- data.frame(a=1:10, b=cumsum(X$a), c=cumsum(X$b), d=cumsum(X$c)) > X > > plot(X$b ~ X$a, type="l", col="blue") > lines(as.vector(X$a),as.vector(X$c), col="green") > lines(as.vector(X$a),as.vector(X$d), col="red") > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.