Dear list, We have three time course profiles with very different scales, and we want to show them in one plot. Is it possible to have three y axis? I guess not, then what would be other options? something like two 2-y axis plots on a three dimensional view? Appreciate any comment. Jun Shen [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
There is nothing to prevent you from putting 3 y-axis on your plot; might be confusing, but it can be done. What have you tried and why do you say "guess not"? With the use of par(new=TRUE) or by doing your own scaling, you can use 'axis' to put as many axises as you want on your graph. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Jun Shen <jun.shen.ut at gmail.com> wrote:> Dear list, > > We have three time course profiles with very different scales, and we want > to show them in one plot. Is it possible to have three y axis? I guess not, > then what would be other options? something like two 2-y axis plots on a > three dimensional view? Appreciate any comment. > > Jun Shen > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Jim Holtman Data Munger Guru What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
On 27/05/11 03:35, Jun Shen wrote:> Dear list, > > We have three time course profiles with very different scales, and we want > to show them in one plot. Is it possible to have three y axis? I guess not, > then what would be other options? something like two 2-y axis plots on a > three dimensional view? Appreciate any comment.I have a recollection that this issue (well, just for 2 y axes, rather than 3, which is even worse) was discussed in the not too distant past, with pointers to some good cogent examples of why one ***should not do this***. However I can't find this discussion; can't think of the appropriate terms to search on. Can anyone remember/point out where this discussion can be found? cheers, Rolf Turner