[R] mixing different modes of lty line type specification in legend() ?

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Marcus Eger <eger.m at gmx.de> writes:

> On Wednesday 05 June 2002 16:11, Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:
> > Marcus Eger <eger.m at gmx.de> writes:
> > > legend(x, y, c("A","B","C"), lty=c("11", "22", "42"),lwd=3)
> > > But, unfortunately, solid lines do not seem to supported in "string"
> > > mode.
> >
> > Eh?
> 
> With "string" mode, I mean that a line type may be specified by a sequence of 
> characters. E.g., as R-help says (par.html),
> >>lty="3313" specifies three units on followed by three off followed by one 
> on and finally three off. <<
> Another example is lty="11" which produces a narrow dot pattern. I wished 
> that it were possible to also define a solid line by these patterns.

Yes, but "solid" is a perfectly valid string and can easily be mixed
with the others. The problem with the patterns is that they recycle and
thus give alternating on/off values by definition. 

Curiously, "0" gives a solid line in plot() but not in legend(),
whereas "00" works in both places.

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