[R] Combining Custom and Preset Linetypes

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:58 PM, jimdare <jamesdare26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear R-Users,
>
> I created the xyplot below using 10 groups (9 groups + 'Total' of all
> groups) with lty=1:10.  I need the 'Total' to be a bold solid line (lty=1)
> where as the 9 groups just need to be distinguishable from each other.  As
> you can probably see, when the group reaches CRA6 the lty starts from 1
> again.  I have tried to specify ten unique lines using lty=
> c("10","92","11","12","62","9212","33","19","12529252","7111") however R
> won't let me use "10" (i.e. solid line) because it contains a zero.  I could

Try "solid".

> possibly add the total line in later (using something similar to lines or
> matlines) and then define the lty as lty=1, but then I have the problem of
> trying to get the new line into the legend.  Does anyone have any ideas
> about how to combine custom and preset line types?

pass it in as

  par.settings = simpleTheme(lty = <...>))

This would affect both the plot and the legend.

-Deepayan