[R] Second axis in a plot

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

Here is an easier way

x <- 1:10
y <- rnorm(10)
z <- runif(10, 1000, 10000)
par(mar=c(5,4,4,4) + 0.1)  # Leave space for z axis
plot(x, y)
par(new=T)
plot(x, z, type="l", axes=F, bty="n", xlab="", ylab="")
axis(4, at=pretty(range(z)))
mtext(z, 4, 3)


On 17 Jun 2002, Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:

> Juan Cuervo <juan_l_cuervo at yahoo.es> writes:
>
> > Hi to all,
> > First of all, I prefer to tell that I am a R-newbie,
> > so I apologize if this is a silly question (I have
> > tried looking in the manuals, but without luck).
> > I have two variables, y and z, that I want to plot
> > against x in the same plot. I have done this before,
> > using points() after plot(). But now the problem is
> > that y and z are in different units of measurement,
> > and their ranges are very different.
> > I have tried drawing a second axis with axis(), but I
> > found the same problem: the new axis is drawn in the
> > same range than the first variable plotted in the
> > y-axis.
> > I would greatly appreciate some suggestions.
> > Regards,
> > Juan L. Cuervo
>
> The trick is to rescale z into y coordinates, and then axis(3, at=...,
> labels=...) where "at" is in y coordinates, but the labels are given
> as z coordinates.
>
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