[R] Adding key to simple plot() function

Sean Davis sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov
Fri May 28 14:35:45 CEST 2004


Laura,

For your axis issues, look at plotting without axes [plot(....,axes=F) and
then see ?axis for making them on your own.  As for labeling your data, look
at ?points and ?text.

Sean

On 5/28/04 8:27 AM, "Laura Quinn" <laura at env.leeds.ac.uk> wrote:

> I am generating a simple x,y plot to show geographical positions where
> point data has been taken. Rather than plot a graph and lay points on top
> I've opted to generate the map from the point data, ie plot(-x,-y). This
> works fine, though I am wanting to label each point 1:20 and have a key
> alongside - is this possible without getting into trellis plots? I have
> very limited time available so don't want to embark on trellis functions
> which I've never used before..
> 
> Also, my x,y  labels currently have a negative sign in front of them which
> I'd like to remove, but if I negate the labels they no longer fit on the
> graph as my data points are -x and -y...
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> Laura
> 
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