[R] Line Graph greater than 2 variables on plot

[David McPearson]

You could also try matplot(data_object[, 1], data_object[, -1], ...)
?matplot

Cheers.

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:55:29 +1000 "Duncan Mackay" <dulcalma at bigpond.com>
wrote

> Hi
> 
> Try something like (as you have not given a reproducible example)
> 
> library(lattice)
> 
> xyplot(y1 + y2+ y3 ... ~ x, data = your data.frame, type = "b",
> allow.multiple = TRUE)
> 
> Read ?xyplot CAREFULLY as there are many possibilities
> 
> you may want to have a look at 
> 
> library(lattice)
> ?useOuterStrips
> 
> and other functions in the package
> 
> See 
> 
> http://lmdvr.r-forge.r-project.org/figures/figures.html
> 
> for ideas
> 
> Regards
> 
> Duncan 
> 
> Duncan Mackay
> Department of Agronomy and Soil Science
> University of New England
> Armidale NSW 2351
> Email: home: mackay at northnet.com.au
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On
> Behalf Of Waseq Ziaie
> Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2014 08:55
> To: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: [R] Line Graph greater than 2 variables on plot
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone knew how to construct a multiple line graph on R,
> where there  are 2 (or more) sets of data points plotted against some x axis
> of
> data, and you can draw a line on the graph connecting each set of data
> points.
> for example:
>   time..years.         incidence     rural     urban
> 1         2004         295.4         19.01      9.50
> 2         2005         824.1         19.95      9.98
> 3         2006        1078.0         20.70     10.35
> 4         2007        1258.0           21.26     10.63
> 5         2008        1800.0          21.83     10.91
> 6         2009            1890.0         18.93       9.47
> 7         2010            1999.0           19.41      9.71
> 8         2011            2261.0      19.89       9.95
> 9         2012           2321.0           20.28       10.14
> 
> Idea:
> a) I am planning plot a graph of data illustrated above where on Y-axis we
> can have data in sets INCIDENCE, RURAL and URBAN and on X-axis the points in
> set TIME..YEARS.
> b) Would like to be able to draw three lines ,connecting the points for each
> set of INCIDENCE, RURAL and URBAN over TIME..YEARS.
> 
> I have tried really hard to find something but wasn't successful, the latest
> information I received after doing the command shown underneath was:
> 
> > plot(data1$time..years.,data1$incidence,main="Plot illustrating diarrhoeal
> incidence over time", xlab="Time(years)",ylab="Diarrhoeal
> incidence",ylim=range(data[c("incidence","rural","urban")]),type"l", col=2)
> Error: unexpected string constant in
> "plot(data1$time..years.,data1$incidence,main="Plot illustrating diarrhoeal
> incidence over time", xlab="Time(years)",ylab="Diarrhoeal
> incidence",ylim=range(data[c("incidence","rural","urban")])"
> 
> Many thanks,
> W
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