[R] Labeling Dates of different length on two in axis plot

[Bert Gunter]

I think you will need to show us your code to get useful help (see the
posting guide). A small subset of your data and a reprex may also be
needed. R has several different graphics systems, and the answer depends on
which you are using. In base graphics, the axis() function (see its Help
page) may be what you need, but that's just a guess. Others may be able to
be more specific.

Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter

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On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 9:49 PM Ogbos Okike <giftedlife2014 using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Contributors,
> I have two dataset of different lengths, each containing year, month,
> day and counts.
> After converting the date using as.Date function, I plotted the two
> dateset on one graph. That was fine.
>
> I am, however, having problems with the axis 1 where I am trying to
> put the dates.
> Since the two dates are not exactly the same, I stored the first date
> as x1 and the second x2. x1 runs from 1953-01-02 to 2006-11-15 while
> the range of x2 is between 1957-07-26 and 1994-07-17.
> I tired a number of approaches but the one that seems to come close to
> what I am looking for is: axis.Date(1, at=seq(min(x1), max(x1), by="50
> mon"), format="%Y").
>
> Unfortunately, it only labeled the axis up to 1994 even when I tried
> to replace x1 with x2 in the code. Since one of the dates is up to
> 2006, I I wish to display the minimum (1953) and maximum  (2006) dates
> and some possible intermediary dates.
> I am always indebted to you.
>
> Best wishes
> Ogbos
>
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