Hi:

Since you didn't provide any data, you're stuck with my example instead.

# Generate three sine curves on (0, 2*pi)
x <- seq(0, 2 * pi, length = 200)
df <- data.frame(x, y1 = sin(x), y2 = sin(2 * x), y3 = sin(4 * x))

# Create a small function to type (n), where n is a number to be input
mytext <- function(n) paste('(', n, ')', sep = '')
# Plot the three curves with matplot() using solid lines and color
# Turn off the x-axis labels so that we can rewrite them with axis()
with(df, matplot(x, cbind(y1, y2, y3), type = 'l', lty = 1, ylab = "",
        xaxt = 'n'))
axis(1, at = c(0, pi, 2 * pi), labels = c(0, expression(pi),
expression(2~pi)))
# Locate positions for the text insertion
text(2.8, 0.5, mytext(1))
text(4.5, 0.75, mytext(3))
text(5.6, 0.25, mytext(3))

Legends may be a better way to identify and distinguish the curves - here's
an example:
lnames <- c('sin(x)', 'sin(2x)', 'sin(4x)')
legend('topright', lnames, col = 1:3, lty = 1)

HTH,
Dennis

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 8:16 AM, derek <jan.kacaba@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello R
> I can not figure out, how to add text string or number to lines like on
> this
> image:
> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n3350452/graph.png
> I have some data series in text file.
>
> My script:
>
> require(graphics)
> require(stats)
> graf=read.table("file",header =FALSE,sep = "", dec = ",",fileEncoding = "",
> encoding = "unknown", skip=19,nrows=400)
> attach(graf)
> plot(V1,V2,type = "l",main = "name",xlab = substitute(lambda (nm)), ylab
> =substitute(A))
> lines(V3,V4)
> lines(V5,V6)
> lines(V7,V8)
> lines(V9,V10)
> lines(V11,V12)
> lines(V13,V14)
> lines(V15,V16)
> lines(V17,V18)
> lines(V19,V20)
> lines(V21,V22)
>
>
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