R help - Nov 2010 - switching only axis off in plot

Hi R,

In the following code my x-axis is formatted in month format. Which Im
happy with. The y-axis is what I want to re-format with something else. My
question is, is it possible just to switch off the xaxis in plot function
(see below). If not how do you get the months to show up as FEB-YYYY,
MAR-YYYY and so on, so I could fit a label on x-axis.

Thanks,
Sachin
p.s. sorry about corporate notice.

period<-c(100120,100220,100320);
y<-1:3;
period<-as.Date(strptime(period,("%y%m%d")));

#the x-axis has a nice format with the month names
win.graph();
plot(period,y);

#I dont want to lose this x-axis formatting :-(
win.graph();
plot(period,y, axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE);
axis(2, at=1:3, labels=c("A","B","C"));

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Hi:

Do you mean to leave the x-axis as is and redo the y? If so, use graphical
parameter yaxt:

x <- y <- 1:10
plot(x, y, yaxt = 'n')
axis(2,  at = ..., lab = ..., ...)    # fill in the blanks

In case it matters, xaxt = 'n' suppresses the x-axis labels but not the
y
labels.

HTH,
Dennis

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:50 PM,
<sachinthaka.abeywardana@allianz.com.au>wrote:
>
> Hi R,
>
> In the following code my x-axis is formatted in month format. Which Im
> happy with. The y-axis is what I want to re-format with something else. My
> question is, is it possible just to switch off the xaxis in plot function
> (see below). If not how do you get the months to show up as FEB-YYYY,
> MAR-YYYY and so on, so I could fit a label on x-axis.
>
> Thanks,
> Sachin
> p.s. sorry about corporate notice.
>
> period<-c(100120,100220,100320);
> y<-1:3;
> period<-as.Date(strptime(period,("%y%m%d")));
>
> #the x-axis has a nice format with the month names
> win.graph();
> plot(period,y);
>
> #I dont want to lose this x-axis formatting :-(
> win.graph();
> plot(period,y, axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE);
> axis(2, at=1:3, labels=c("A","B","C"));
>
> --- Please consider the environment before printing this email ---
>
> Allianz - Best General Insurance Company of the Year 2010*
> Allianz - General Insurance Company of the Year 2009+
>
> * Australian Banking and Finance Insurance Awards
> + Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards
>
> This email and any attachments has been sent by Allianz Australia Insurance
> Limited (ABN 15 000 122 850) and is intended solely for the addressee. It
is
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On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:50 AM, sachinthaka.abeywardana at allianz.com.au  
wrote:
>
> Hi R,
>
> In the following code my x-axis is formatted in month format. Which Im
> happy with. The y-axis is what I want to re-format with something  
> else.
Did you mean x-axis?
> My
> question is, is it possible just to switch off the xaxis in plot  
> function
> (see below). If not how do you get the months to show up as FEB-YYYY,
> MAR-YYYY and so on, so I could fit a label on x-axis.
axis(1, labels=toupper(format(period, format="%b-%Y")), at=period)
>
> Thanks,
> Sachin
> p.s. sorry about corporate notice.
>
> period<-c(100120,100220,100320);
> y<-1:3;
> period<-as.Date(strptime(period,("%y%m%d")));
>
> #the x-axis has a nice format with the month names
> win.graph();
> plot(period,y);
>
> #I dont want to lose this x-axis formatting :-(
Sarcasm does not translate well across text based communication.  
Please be a bit more concrete about what you want (or don't want.)
> win.graph();
> plot(period,y, axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE);
> axis(2, at=1:3, labels=c("A","B","C"));
>
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>
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> + Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards
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> Insurance Limited (ABN 15 000 122 850) and is intended solely for  
> the addressee. It is confidential, may contain personal information  
> and may be subject to legal professional privilege. Unauthorised use  
> is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received  
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> waived or lost and we ask that you contact the sender and delete and  
> destroy this and any other copies. In relation to any legal use you  
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