R help - Jan 2009 - Formatting the axis of plot() to shown our own values.

Part 1: 
I want to plot the CO2 concentration vs. year, but extending the x-axis
using the xlim parameter to include the year 2006 (x axis range of values
are from -41210 to 0), and adjusting the ylim parameter to go up to 400 when
the range of y axis values are from 150 to 300. How do I do this? Using axis
function? I am confused about the syntax here. 

Part 2:
I also want to use the points() function to add the data points from years
1958-2006 on X axis to the above plot, but in a different color. 

Please help. 
Thanks,
Saurabh
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Hi Saurabh

saurabh_koparkar schrieb:
> Part 1: 
> I want to plot the CO2 concentration vs. year, but extending the x-axis
> using the xlim parameter to include the year 2006 (x axis range of values
> are from -41210 to 0), and adjusting the ylim parameter to go up to 400
when
> the range of y axis values are from 150 to 300. How do I do this? Using
axis
> function? I am confused about the syntax here. 
plot(year,co2,xlim=c(-41210,2006),ylim=c(150,400))
> Part 2:
> I also want to use the points() function to add the data points from years
> 1958-2006 on X axis to the above plot, but in a different color. 
points(...,...,bg="red")

Perhaps also col="red" - may depend on what character (pch=..) you are
plotting.

HTH,
Stephan

Hi

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Part 1: 
I want to plot the CO2 concentration vs. year, but extending the x-axis
using the xlim parameter to include the year 2006 (x axis range of values
are from -41210 to 0), and adjusting the ylim parameter to go up to 400 when
the range of y axis values are from 150 to 300. How do I do this? Using axis
function? I am confused about the syntax here. 

Try this:

data(co2)
plot(co2, xlim=c(1958,2007), ylim=c(300,400), xlab="Time",
     ylab=expression(CO[2]), col="blue", axes=FALSE)
axis(side=1, at=seq(1960, 2000, by=10), pos=300)
axis(side=2, at=c(300,333,350,400), pos=1958)

Part 2:
I also want to use the points() function to add the data points from years
1958-2006 on X axis to the above plot, but in a different color. 

Not sure what you want exactly, but I hope this is what you want:
data(co2)

plot(co2, xlim=c(1958,2007), ylim=c(300,400), xlab="Time",
     ylab=expression(CO[2]), col="blue", axes=FALSE)
axis(side=1, at=seq(1960, 2000, by=10), pos=300)
axis(side=2, at=c(300,333,350,400), pos=1958)
points(co2, col="red")

Hope this helps,
Roland

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