
Hi Jim
 
Thank you for your quick response. This worked great. I am having the same problem again. I have moved on to calculating returns from rates and want to plot returns on the y axis and again dates on the x axis. The code I am using to calculate returns is as follows:
rate<-x$Rate
returns<-(diff(log(rate))) 
If I do:
plot(returns, type="l") I get the graph I want however am having problems with the x axis again. Modification of the code below doesnt work as I now have one less dimension in returns. Hope I am making sense.  Your help is much appreciated.
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:44 -0500> From: jholtman@gmail.com> To: khad1_@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [R] Graph Axis> CC: r-help@r-project.org> > You have to convert you date to be a Date class:> > x <- read.table("/tempxx.txt", header=TRUE, as.is=TRUE)> x$Date <- as.Date(x$Date, "%d/%m/%Y")> plot(x$Date, x$Rate, type='l')> > > On 2/25/08, Khadija Mohammedali <khad1_@hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > Hi I have data of exchange rates and time, and am trying to draw a graph that will show the rates on the y axis and dates on the x axis. I am using the following code: plot(rate, type='l', xlab='Date', ylab='Rate', main='Ł to Euro rate over 5 years')This gives me the graph I want although I want to display the dates on the x axis, even if its just 2002, 2003,...2008. Attached is my data. Hope you can help.> > _________________________________________________________________> > [[elided Hotmail spam]]> >> >> > ______________________________________________> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.> >> >> >> > > -- > Jim Holtman> Cincinnati, OH> +1 513 646 9390> > What is the problem you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to> do, not how you want to do it.
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