R help - Nov 2007 - Manipulating x axis in stripchart

Hi all,

   I I need to manipulate the x axis in a stripchart.
I will use one of the data sets included in R to
explain what I need to do.

attach(ToothGrowth)

stripchart(len[supp=='VC']~dose[supp=='VC'],
vertical=TRUE, group.names=c('A','A','A'))

stripchart(len[supp=='OJ']~dose[supp=='OJ'], add=TRUE,
vertical=TRUE, at=c(1:3)+.1,
group.names=c('B','B','B'))

As you can read from the code above, I wanted to add
the 'B' to the x axis to diffrenciate each pair of
strips from each other. But only the 'A's appear.

I tried something like this too, but now '.5','1' and
'2' along with the 'A' and 'B'.

attach(ToothGrowth)

stripchart(len[supp=='VC']~dose[supp=='VC'],
vertical=TRUE)
axis(side=1,labels=c('A','B','A','B','A','B'),
at=c(.4,.5,.9,1.1,1.9,2.1))


stripchart(len[supp=='OJ']~dose[supp=='OJ'], add=TRUE,
vertical=TRUE, at=c(1:3)+.1)

And finally I tried setting par(xaxt='n') before
stripchart, but then I can't add anything to the x
axis.

  Is there a way to manipulate the x axis in a
stripchart like this?

Thank you very much in advance for your help,

Judith

If its ok to use lattice try this:

library(lattice)

# no attach needed

# we want VC to be first level, not OJ
ToothGrowth$supp <- relevel(ToothGrowth$supp, "VC")

# rename levels
levels(ToothGrowth$supp) <- c("A", "B")

# plot
dotplot(len ~ supp | dose, ToothGrowth, layout = c(3, 1))


On Nov 20, 2007 10:04 PM, Judith Flores <juryef at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>   I I need to manipulate the x axis in a stripchart.
> I will use one of the data sets included in R to
> explain what I need to do.
>
> attach(ToothGrowth)
>
> stripchart(len[supp=='VC']~dose[supp=='VC'],
> vertical=TRUE, group.names=c('A','A','A'))
>
> stripchart(len[supp=='OJ']~dose[supp=='OJ'], add=TRUE,
> vertical=TRUE, at=c(1:3)+.1,
> group.names=c('B','B','B'))
>
> As you can read from the code above, I wanted to add
> the 'B' to the x axis to diffrenciate each pair of
> strips from each other. But only the 'A's appear.
>
> I tried something like this too, but now '.5','1' and
> '2' along with the 'A' and 'B'.
>
> attach(ToothGrowth)
>
> stripchart(len[supp=='VC']~dose[supp=='VC'],
> vertical=TRUE)
>
axis(side=1,labels=c('A','B','A','B','A','B'),
> at=c(.4,.5,.9,1.1,1.9,2.1))
>
>
> stripchart(len[supp=='OJ']~dose[supp=='OJ'], add=TRUE,
> vertical=TRUE, at=c(1:3)+.1)
>
> And finally I tried setting par(xaxt='n') before
> stripchart, but then I can't add anything to the x
> axis.
>
>  Is there a way to manipulate the x axis in a
> stripchart like this?
>
> Thank you very much in advance for your help,
>
> Judith
>
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