Simple plot() question
michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
Hi First a simple question to do with plot(). How do I change the x-axis labels on a plot? For example, I am plotting each row of a matrix, and I want each row to be a line on my graph. Simple really. Eg: plot(sg[1,], type="l") When I do this, the x-axis is labelled 1:38, as I have 38 columns in my matrix. When I do: plot(sg[1,order(sg[1,])], type="l") Ideally I would like the x-axis labels to reflect the new order of the columns, but they're still numbered 1:38... I've read the plot() docs and the par() docs and can't figure it out - I know I'm missing something obvious, but what?
You want to add xaxt="n" so the x-axis labels are not printed. Then add your new labels using axis(1, at=1:38, labels=<some vector of label names>) HTH, Jim
Cheers Mick Michael Watson Head of Informatics Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN UK Phone : +44 (0)1635 578411 ext. 2535 Mobile: +44 (0)7990 827831 E-mail: michael.watson at bbsrc.ac.uk
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