[R] ticks on the Time Axis

[Jim Brennan]

? par
? axis
basically you turn off the default labels and give your vector of character
labels
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Holt" <lauraholt_983 at hotmail.com>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 10:59 PM
Subject: [R] ticks on the Time Axis


> Dear R People:
>
> I have the following montly time series
> >ya.ts
>       Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
> 2001  3.7 -0.8  0.3 -1.5 -0.2 -0.4  2.5 -1.0 -1.2 -1.2  0.4 -0.5
> 2002  0.5  0.0 -0.8 -1.0  0.6  0.8 -0.5 -2.4  1.3  1.4 -0.1  0.5
> >plot(ya.ts)
>
> When the plot is constructed, the ticks on the horizontal (time) axis are
> 2001.0, 2001.5, and so on.
>
> Is there a way to set up ticks such as J,F,M,A,M......by months, please?
>
> Thank you!
> Sincerely,
> Laura Holt
> mailto: lauraholt_983 at hotmail.com
>
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