[R] boxplot tick locations

Sherri Heck sheck at ucar.edu
Wed Apr 16 00:39:33 CEST 2008


Hi Peter-

that worked wonderfully!  I am having a hard time adding "labels" to the 
tick marks.  I've tried a myriad of things.  I just want to label the 
ticks 1- 23. 
any thoughts?

thanks again for your help!

sheck

Peter Alspach wrote:
> Sherri
>
> Is this what you want?
>
> sherri <- data.frame(grp=rep(letters[1:6], 20), value=rnorm(6*20)+6)
> temp <- with(sherri, boxplot(value~grp, xaxt='n'))
> axis(1, 1:5+0.5, rep('', 5))
>
> Peter Alspach
>
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org 
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Sherri Heck
>> Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 9:32 a.m.
>> To: r-help at r-project.org
>> Subject: [R] boxplot tick locations
>>
>> hi all-
>>
>> i am creating a boxplot and would like to shift the x-axis 
>> tick marks (named 1:23) so that the ticks are in between the 
>> boxes and not centered in the middle of the boxes. i have 
>> searched the help files and google and have not found what i 
>> am looking for.
>>
>> does anyone know how to do this?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> s.heck
>> University of Colorado, Boulder
>>
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