Message-ID: <493FD117.2020701@fdm.uni-freiburg.de>
Date: 2008-12-10T14:24:23Z
From: Arthur Allignol
Subject: controlling axes in plot.cuminc (cmprsk library)
In-Reply-To: <OFA257D702.91A68A34-ON8525751A.00798707-8525751A.007AE016@harvard.edu>
Hi,
You could try to use the option xaxt = "n"
in plot.cuminc, instead of axes.
Hope that helps,
Arthur
Amy Krambrink wrote:
> Dear R-help list members,
>
> I am trying to create my own axes when plotting a cumulative incidence
> curve using the plot.cuminc function in the CMPRSK library. The default
> x-axis places tick marks and labels at 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 (my data has
> an upper limit of 96), whereas I want them at my own specified locations.
> Here is my example code:
>
> library(cmprsk)
> attach(MYDATA)
>
> MYCUMINC <-
> cuminc(ftime=TIME,fstatus=STATUS,group=GROUP,rho=0,cencode=0,na.action=na.omit)
>
> plot(MYCUMINC,xlim=c(0,96),ylim=c(0,0.5),xlab="",axes=F)
> axis(1,at=c(0,8,16,24,32,48,72,96))
>
> As you can see, I have tried using the "axes=F" parameter that works for
> most plotting functions, but I get the following error message:
>
> Error in legend(wh[1], wh[2], legend = curvlab, col = color, lty = lty, :
>
> unused argument(s) (axes ...)
>
> Is there anyway I can get a customized x-axis when using the plot.cuminc
> function? I have searched online and R help manuals to no avail and would
> GREATLY appreciate your input. Please let me know if you need additional
> info from me.
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
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