[R] 3 Overlayed simple plots

[Barry Rowlingson]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> On 31/10/11 21:13, Alaios wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>> I am plotting 3 plots into the same x and y axis.
>> I want the first one to be painted red with a continuous line
>> The second one green with a continuous line
>> and the third one blue with a continuous line
>>
>> plot(max_power(data),ylim=c(-120,-20))
>>     par(new=T)
>>     plot(min_power(data),ylim=c(-120,-20))
>>     par(new=T)
>>     plot(mean_power(data),ylim=c(-120,-20))
>>     par(new=F)
>>
>> Is it also a way to do that look more nice instead of having 6 lines of
>> code?
>
> ?lines
>

 Or help(matplot). Stick your data in a matrix. Choose colours. Choose
lines. Choose a number of line styles or widths.

 I chose not to choose lines. I chose something else. I chose ggplot.

[with apologies to Ewan McGregor's opening monologue in Trainspotting]

Barry