[R] plot shows exponential values incompatible with data

[Bert Gunter]

Please consult ?axis and follow its links (e.g. "axTicks" and "pretty") for
the details of the algorithm used to construct axis annotation.

Bert Gunter

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On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 5:59 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> I have these vectors:
> ```
> X <- 1:7
> Y <- c(1438443863, 3910100650, 10628760108, 28891979048, 78536576706,
> 213484643920, 580311678200)
> plot(Y~X)
> ```
> The y-axis starts at 0e0, but the first value is 1.4 billion. Why the
> axis does not start at 1e9?
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Luigi
>
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