[R] behaviour of plot() when coord. are out of range

[Marcus Eger]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> Marcus Eger wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > a question concerning the plot range. When I plot
> > at first with linear coordinates, a subsequent polygon() call produces
> > a figure that I expect. However, when I apply a logarithmic scale,
> > two polygons appear. Is it possible to override this behaviour?
> >
> >
> In your case, the fifth y value is ommitted, so polygone cannot work as
> you are expecting.
> The following should work:
> 
>  y <- c(1.84147098480790, 1.90929742682568, 1.14112000805987,
>  0.243197504692072, -0.958924274663133,0.720584501801074,
>  1.65698659871879, 1.98935824662338, 1.41211848524176,0.45597888911063)
> 
>  plot(y,ylim=c(0.0000000001,2),type="l",log="y")
> 
>  x <- 1:10
>  temp <- which(y<0)
>  polygon(x[-temp], y[-temp], col="red")
> 
> Uwe Ligges

Yes it works... now only one polygon appears. However, in the linear
plot (log="")
the drawn lines are extrapolated until they reach the plot boundary,
i.e. the polygon
polygon(x, y, col="red") is clipped by the boundary.
On the other hand, using log="" this extrapolation is not done because
the negative
value is omitted. I actually wished this value would not just be
omitted.
It could simply lie outside the range - and thus, there could be a
vertical extrapolation 
line indicating it.

The whole thing is important for me because I want to fill the area
below the curve.

   Marcus Eger

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