[R] rescale x-axis

[Uwe Ligges]

singyee ling wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to draw a survival curve with probability of surviving as
> the y-axis and days (0- 500 days )as the x-axis. however, i do not
> want the days to be equally spaced on the x-axis as i am more
> interested in looking at the behaviour of the curve in the first 50
> days. I am reluctant to use  xlim=c(0,1000) as i want to see the whole
> picture. Hence, what I am interested in is a scale in which the days
> are not equally spaced. By that , I mean the length of the interval
> between the days get smaller and smaller, which gives greater emphasis
> to the intial period. (i.e the length of the interval betwen 0-1 days
> is longer then the interval between 1-2 days and so on) .Hope what i
> say above make sense. any advise?


What about applying a logarithm such as in

plot(1:10, log="x")

Uwe Ligges


> thanks!
> 
> sing yee
> 
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