[R] plot with pairwise joined points

Dimitris Rizopoulos d.rizopoulos at erasmusmc.nl
Thu Feb 26 21:55:25 CET 2009


have a look at segments(), e.g.,

x <- rnorm(5)
y <- rnorm(5)
z <- rnorm(5)
w <- rnorm(5)

r1 <- range(x, z)
r2 <- range(y, w)
plot(r1, r2, type = "n")
points(x, y)
points(z, w, pch = 19)
segments(x, y, z, w)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris


William Simpson wrote:
> I would like to do as follows
> plot(a,b)
> points(c,d,pch=19)
> 
> Now join with a line segment point a[1], b[1] to c[1], d[1]; a[2],
> b[2] to c[2], d[2] ... a[n], b[n] to c[n], d[n]
> 
> All corresponding points from the two data sets are joined by line segments.
> 
> Thanks very much for any tips on how to do this.
> 
> Bill
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