[R] plot axis appearance problem

Liaw, Andy andy_liaw at merck.com
Fri Apr 1 20:58:14 CEST 2005


> From: Yogesh K. Tiwari
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When I plot any data with simple plot command in 
> R, for example :-
> 
> plot(time,co2,ylim=c(350,380),xlim=c(1993,2003),xlab=NA,ylab=N
> A,type="p",col=5)             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

R can only do what you _ask_ it to do, not what you want it to do.  You have
explicitly tell R to limit the range of the x-axis to 1993 and 2003.  If you
want to include the origin (0, 0), use 0 as the lower limit in both ylim and
xlim.

Andy
 
> Then the first value of x-axis(350) and 
> y-axis(1993) never starts from origin, always they 
> sifted from the origin. Is there any command that 
> I can correct this in the ploted figure and both 
> the axis values start from origin.
> 
> Thanks for help,
> 
> Regards,
> Yogesh
> 
> 
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