[R] Why horizontal bars instead of a line

[Sarah Goslee]

Since x$GrSe isn't a number, what do you expect R to do?

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Schreiber, Stefan
<Stefan.Schreiber at ales.ualberta.ca> wrote:
> Hey list!
>
>
> It looks simple, though it's not possible for me to plot the following
> properly:
>
> (some made-up data)
>
> GrSe    Clone1  Clone2  Clone3  Clone4  Clone...
> G1999   2       3       6       5
> G2000   2       5       7       4
> G2001   5       3       7       3
> G2002   4       5       8       3
> G...
>
>
>
> GrSe=Growing Season.
>
> I've read the file as "x" and then tried:        plot(x$GrSe,x$Clone1)
>
> The output is 4 horizontal bars. Even if I write
> plot(x$GrSe,x$Clone1,type="n") R is still plotting!
> I figured already that if I delete the "G" in front of the years it'll
> work, however, I'd like to keep the "G".
> Is that possible?
>
> Hope it is an appropriate question for the list.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
>
>



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