R help - Jun 2008 - a high-level command for drawing a multiple series graph with each series having a label

I wish to draw a graph representing multiple series (sets of x,y
points).  Each series has its own label and points within each series
are joined by a line ordered by their X cooridnate.

I would also like a legend automatically showing which each series is.

Which high-level command can serve this purpose?  I looked at my book
but can't find such a command.

Thanks!

Mark

?plot
?lines  
used together. Note you need to set type="l" in plot


--- On Sat, 6/21/08, Mark Farnell <mark.farnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mark Farnell <mark.farnell at gmail.com>
> Subject: [R] a high-level command for drawing a multiple series graph with
each series having a label
> To: R-help at r-project.org
> Received: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 2:00 AM
> I wish to draw a graph representing multiple series (sets of
> x,y
> points).  Each series has its own label and points within
> each series
> are joined by a line ordered by their X cooridnate.
> 
> I would also like a legend automatically showing which each
> series is.
> 
> Which high-level command can serve this purpose?  I looked
> at my book
> but can't find such a command.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark
> 
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Mark Farnell <mark.farnell at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I wish to draw a graph representing multiple series (sets of x,y
> points).  Each series has its own label and points within each series
> are joined by a line ordered by their X cooridnate.
>
> I would also like a legend automatically showing which each series is.
>
> Which high-level command can serve this purpose?  I looked at my book
> but can't find such a command.
You can use ggplot2:

install.packages("ggplot2")
library(ggplot2)
data(Oxboys, package = "nlme")
qplot(age, height, data=Oxboys, colour = Subject, geom="line")

Although you'll probably want fewer series for the legend to be useful!

Hadley


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