[R] plot & xlim/ylim & range of axis

[Ivan Calandra]

Hi,

The xlim and ylim arguments should be given the extremes of the range, 
not a range:
plot(x=NULL,
      y=NULL,
      xlim=c(1, 10),  ## with c()
      ylim=v(1e-9, 1e-3),  ## with c()
      log="y")

HTH,
Ivan

Le 11/10/2010 10:00, Steffen Uhlig a écrit :
> Dear mailing list readers!
>
> Using R and the plot function I stumbled over this little issue:
>
> plot(x=NULL,
>      y=NULL,
>      xlim=range(1:10),
>      ylim=range(1e-9:1),
>      log="y")
>
> produces an plot empty plot, where the y-axis is in the specified 
> range. Changing ylim to
>
> ylim=range(1e-9:1e-3)
>
> creates an y-axis in the range of 1e-12 to 1e-6. This appearance  of 
> the y-axis is a bit unexpected for me. Could anyone point me to a FAQ 
> entry why this happens?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
> /steffen
>
>

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