[R] x-axis with month and year

Gabor Grothendieck ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 22:06:12 CEST 2008


Check out the zoo package:

Lines <- "Date,CMI
Jan-93,3.24
Feb-93,-2.56
Dec-06, 8.25"

library(zoo)
z <- read.zoo(textConnection(Lines),
  FUN = as.yearmon, format = "%b-%y",
  sep = ",", header = TRUE)
plot(z)


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Schreiber, Stefan
<Stefan.Schreiber at ales.ualberta.ca> wrote:
> Hey list!
>
> I have a csv-file with two variables: (Date,CMI)
>
> Date,CMI
> Jan-93,3.24
> Feb-93,-2.56
> .
> .
> .
> Dec-06, 8.25
>
>
> When I want to plot this dataset, R is sorting the date in alphabetical
> order. Is there any way to tell R not to do it?
>
> I know it is probably an easy issue but I couldn't find a solution so
> far. I have seen so many tips already but can't apply it on my own
> dataset.
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Stefan
>
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