[R] Setting axis scale for a boxplot

[William Dunlap]

> How can I set the horizontal axis limits on all three images to be the same
> for sake of comparison?

Add ylim=c(dataMin, dataMax) to each call to boxplot(), where
you specify values for dataMin and dataMax so their range is
likely to cover all your data.  ('ylim', not 'xlim' - the horizontal=TRUE
flips the meaning of 'x' and 'y'.)

Bill Dunlap
Spotfire, TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com


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> Of David Arnold
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:58 AM
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> Subject: [R] Setting axis scale for a boxplot
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have this code:
> 
> par(mfrow=c(3,1))
> 
> x1=rnorm(10,60,1)
> x2=rnorm(10,65,1)
> x3=rnorm(10,70,1)
> boxplot(x1,x2,x3,horizontal=TRUE,main="Example 1")
> 
> x1=rnorm(10,60,4)
> x2=rnorm(10,65,4)
> x3=rnorm(10,70,4)
> boxplot(x1,x2,x3,horizontal=TRUE,main="Example 2")
> 
> x1=rnorm(10,60,9)
> x2=rnorm(10,65,9)
> x3=rnorm(10,70,9)
> boxplot(x1,x2,x3,horizontal=TRUE,main="Example 3")
> 
> par(mfrow=c(1,1))
> 
> How can I set the horizontal axis limits on all three images to be the same
> for sake of comparison?
> 
> D.
> 
> 
> 
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