[R] Plot of multiple data sets

[Petr Pikal]

Hi

what is wrong with matplot

sines <- outer(1:20, 1:4, function(x, y) sin(x / 20 * pi * y))
matplot(sines, pch = 1:4, type = "o", col = rainbow(ncol(sines)))

so you can use aditional parameters to exactly specify what type of 
point and/or line and in what colour you will plot.

Or with plot/points construction you can adapt xlim and ylim 
setting to suite the whole plotting range e.g..

ddd<-dim(sines)[1] # length of x axis

plot(1:ddd,rep(1,ddd), type="n", ylim=range(sines)) # y in propper 
range

for (i in 1:4) points(1:ddd,sines[,i], pch = i, type = "b", col = 
rainbow(ncol(sines))[i]) # 4 columns plotted

If you want do more complicated things you usually has to use 
more complicated constructions.

BTW

help.search("plot column") goes stright to matplot and from its 
help page you could learn how to use it.

HTH
Petr




On 7 Sep 2005 at 16:24, Stéphane Mattei wrote:

> Selon Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>:
> 
> > On 9/7/05, Stéphane Mattei <stephane.mattei at epfl.ch> wrote:
> > > Hello !
> > >
> > >
> > > There is something quite simple I want to do with R but I found
> > > nowhere in the help how to do
> > it.
> > > I just want to plot data which are in a matrix, every column being
> > > a data set and having the
> > same
> > > x-axis (just an index).
> > >
> > > So for example if I have a 50 x 6 matrix I want 6 set of points on
> > > the same plot.
> > >
> > > I tried
> > > plot,new()
> > > plot(MATRIX[,1])
> > > plot(MATRIX[,2])
> > > ...
> > >
> > > but it replaces the previous plot each time.
> >
> > Others have already mentioned matplot, lines and points but just to
> > add to the list, if your problem is a time series then you could
> > also use plot.zoo: library(zoo) z <- zoo(MATRIX, x) plot(z,
> > plot.type ="single")  # one plot plot(z) # separate plots
> >
> Thank you very much Gabor!
> Your solution is best because with points it doesn't adapt the axis.
> But it's funny it needs an extra-package for such a simple thing ! I
> thought that could be done with just the plot command
> 
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Petr Pikal
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