[R] boxplot colors

HBaize HBaize at buttecounty.net
Sun Jun 22 09:43:34 CEST 2008



You are drawing four box plots, not two. Two of them are just the number 5.
The two box plots that are only "5" don't have a box, so you can't see that
they're red. Try this:

boxplot(1:19,20:39,col=c("red","blue"))


Paul Adams-8 wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> 
> I am trying to color two boxplots on the same graph two 
> different colors.
> I have tried the following
> 
> boxplot(5,1:19,5,20:39,col=c("red","blue"))
> but all I get are two blue boxes.
> Any help would be appreciated
> Paul
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