[R] Producing customized tickmarks when producing a graph using "curve"

Dimitri Liakhovitski ld7631 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 28 22:44:15 CEST 2009


Dear Phil,
thank you so much for refering me to the "axis" function. It helped me
find the solution!
Come on, guys, I was just asking for a pointer, not for a solution.
Dimitri

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Phil Spector <spector at stat.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Dimitri -
>   First, suppress the xaxis tick marks by passing
>
>     xaxt = 'n'
>
> to curve.  Then use the axis function (with side=1) to
> produce your axes.   If you provide a reproducible example, I'm sure someone
> will fill in the missing details.
>
>    If you're going to use R for a lot of plotting, you'll
> be well rewarded by looking at the help page for the par function.
>
>                                       - Phil Spector
>                                         Statistical Computing Facility
>                                         Department of Statistics
>                                         UC Berkeley
>                                         spector at stat.berkeley.edu
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Dimitri Liakhovitski wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>> I am using function "curve" to create a line graph.
>> I was wondering, if it's possible to "turn off" the default tick marks
>> and introduce those tick marks in specific locations.
>> For example, currently in my X axis tick marks are (automatically) at
>> 10, 11, 12, 13 but I want them to be in 5 specific locations, like
>> 9.89, 10.34, etc.
>>
>> Any hint would be greatly appreciated!
>> --
>> Dimitri Liakhovitski
>> MarketTools, Inc.
>> Dimitri.Liakhovitski at markettools.com
>>
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Dimitri Liakhovitski
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