[R] r: plots

Hanke, Alex HankeA at mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tue Feb 24 16:04:28 CET 2004


How about:
x<-c(101,110,150,167,120)
y<-c(120,135,175,95,200)
z<-c(0.001, 0.15, 0.6, 0.8, 1)
plot(x,y,axes=T,xlab="",ylab="",pch="+")
par(new=T)
plot(x,z,axes=F,ylim=c(0,1))
axis(4, at=seq(0,1,.1), labels=seq(0,1,.1)) 
box()

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Duncan Murdoch [SMTP:dmurdoch at pair.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:10 AM
> To:	allan clark
> Cc:	Rhelp
> Subject:	Re: [R] r: plots
> 
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:44:47 +0200, allan clark
> <allan at stats.uct.ac.za> wrote :
> 
> >hi all
> >
> >i have another probably simple question.
> >
> >I have three variables say x, y and z. x and y are quite large and z is
> >relative small.
> >how can one plot the three variables on the same graph with two separate
> >axis?
> >(one for x and y and the other for z)
> >
> >e.g.
> >x<-c(101,110,150,167,120)
> >y<-c(120,135,175,95,200)
> >z<-c(0.001, 0.15, 0.6, 0.8, 1)
> 
> You need to do most of the work yourself:
> 
> par(mar=par('mar')+c(0,0,0,2))  # make room for the extra axis 
> plot(1:5, x, ylim = c(0, 200)) # plot x with room for the others
> points(1:5, y, pch=2) # plot y
> points(1:5, 200*z, pch=3) # plot z, magnified 200 times
> zticks <- pretty(z) # choose ticks for z
> axis(4, at=200*zticks, labels=zticks) # plot them
> mtext('z',side=4, line=3) # add the z label
> 
> You'll also want to add a legend, but I'll let you figure that out.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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