axes with same scale

Mon, Dec 16, 2002 6:19 AM
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    Michel> Hello Does anybody know how to draw a plot with same
    Michel> units on each axes ?  For exemple, if on X the range
    Michel> of value is [1, 2] and on Y the range is [1, 10] I
    Michel> would like the length of Y is 5*the length of X.
    Michel> Any suggestions ?

Use  plot(.....,  asp = 1) ## asp = [aspect ratio] = 1
This is explained a bit in  help(plot.default)

An older alternative that also works in S-PLUS is
 library(MASS)
 eqscplot(.....)

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axes with same scale

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