[R] plotting two histograms on one plot with hist function

[John Kane]

Why not just plot the two histograms on the same scale in a 2 panel plot?

John Kane
Kingston ON Canada


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mblig at sun.ac.za
> Sent: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:24:55 +0200
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] plotting two histograms on one plot with hist function
> 
> I would like to plot two data sets (frequency (y-axis) of mean values for
> 0-1(x=axis)) on a single histogram for comparison. The hist() only allow
> the overlay of two histograms, and although barplot() allows beside=TRUE,
> it does not show frequency values (like hist) but rather all of the
> values. Is there any way that I can use the hist() to plot two data sets
> similar to the barplot(). Any help or advice will be appreciated!
> 
> Kind regards,
> Marguerite
> 
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