Hi Jim, I tried the clip() function below, surprisingly it did not work! I read the R help file and feel your script should work. To have a workable example, I used the ovarian dataset in the survival package as an example: ovarian1<-ovarian ovarian1$fustat[ovarian$futime>450]<-0 ovarian1$futime[ovarian$futime>450]<-450 ovarian2<-subset(ovarian,futime>450) fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian1) fit2 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian2) plot(fit1, xlim=c(0,1200), col = 1:2) abline(v=450) xylim<-par("usr") clip(450,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) lines(fit2, col = 3:4,lty=2) I can still see that the extra horizontal line on the top.? Can you or anyone have any suggestion what went wrong? Thanks, John On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 01:35:48 AM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: Hi John, Perhaps the most direct way would be: plot(fit1, col=1:2) xylim<-par("usr") clip(4,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) lines(fit2,col=1:2) Remember that the new clipping rectangle will persist until you or something else resets it. Jim On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:34 AM array chip via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:> > Hello, > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to generate a Kaplan-Meier plot with 2 survfit objects, just like this one: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fEcpdIdE2xYtA6LBQN9ck3JkL6-goabX/view?usp=sharing > > Suppose I have 2 survfit objects: fit1 is for the curve on the left (survtime has been truncated to the cutoff line: year 5), fit2 is for the curve on the right (minimum survival time is at the cutoff line: year 5), but if I do the following: > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > Then I will have an horizontal line on the top that connect from 0 to 4 years, which I do not want that to be drawn (see blue arrow below): > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/178mQGlhnaOg9PA-oE-W_W5CtrGD03ljH/view?usp=sharing > > Can anyone have a strategy to make this kind of plot happen? > > Thanks, > > John> > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Hi John, I should have remembered this. For some reason, the clip() function doesn't operate until you have issued a graphics command. Try: points(-1,-1) before calling lines() Jim On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:26 PM array chip <arrayprofile at yahoo.com> wrote:> > Hi Jim, > > I tried the clip() function below, surprisingly it did not work! I read the R help file and feel your script should work. To have a workable example, I used the ovarian dataset in the survival package as an example: > > ovarian1<-ovarian > ovarian1$fustat[ovarian$futime>450]<-0 > ovarian1$futime[ovarian$futime>450]<-450 > > ovarian2<-subset(ovarian,futime>450) > > fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian1) > fit2 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian2) > > plot(fit1, xlim=c(0,1200), col = 1:2) > abline(v=450) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(450,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2, col = 3:4,lty=2) > > I can still see that the extra horizontal line on the top. > > Can you or anyone have any suggestion what went wrong? > > Thanks, > > John > > > On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 01:35:48 AM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > Perhaps the most direct way would be: > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(4,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > Remember that the new clipping rectangle will persist until you or > something else resets it. > > Jim > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:34 AM array chip via R-help > <r-help at r-project.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to generate a Kaplan-Meier plot with 2 survfit objects, just like this one: > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fEcpdIdE2xYtA6LBQN9ck3JkL6-goabX/view?usp=sharing > > > > Suppose I have 2 survfit objects: fit1 is for the curve on the left (survtime has been truncated to the cutoff line: year 5), fit2 is for the curve on the right (minimum survival time is at the cutoff line: year 5), but if I do the following: > > > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > > > Then I will have an horizontal line on the top that connect from 0 to 4 years, which I do not want that to be drawn (see blue arrow below): > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/178mQGlhnaOg9PA-oE-W_W5CtrGD03ljH/view?usp=sharing > > > > Can anyone have a strategy to make this kind of plot happen? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
Hi Jim, I tried points(-1,-1) before lines() and before clip(), but either way, it still shows everything, :-( It's interesting that the examples with hist() provided by the R help of clip function works nicely. I also tried a simple linear regression plots below, clip() works, too. dat<-data.frame(x=1:10,y=1:10) fit<-lm(y~x,dat) plot(1:10) abline(fit) xylim<-par("usr") clip(6,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) abline(fit,col=2)? ? ## yes, it only shows the fit line from 6 to the right lines(c(2,8),c(5,5))? ? ## yes, it only shows the line from 6 to the right So it's puzzling that only when using lines() with a survfit() object (ovarian example below), somehow clip() doesn't work John On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 07:58:53 PM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: Hi John, I should have remembered this. For some reason, the clip() function doesn't operate until you have issued a graphics command. Try: points(-1,-1) before calling lines() Jim On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:26 PM array chip <arrayprofile at yahoo.com> wrote:> > Hi Jim, > > I tried the clip() function below, surprisingly it did not work! I read the R help file and feel your script should work. To have a workable example, I used the ovarian dataset in the survival package as an example: > > ovarian1<-ovarian > ovarian1$fustat[ovarian$futime>450]<-0 > ovarian1$futime[ovarian$futime>450]<-450 > > ovarian2<-subset(ovarian,futime>450) > > fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian1) > fit2 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian2) > > plot(fit1, xlim=c(0,1200), col = 1:2) > abline(v=450) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(450,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2, col = 3:4,lty=2) > > I can still see that the extra horizontal line on the top. > > Can you or anyone have any suggestion what went wrong? > > Thanks, > > John > > > On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 01:35:48 AM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > Perhaps the most direct way would be: > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(4,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > Remember that the new clipping rectangle will persist until you or > something else resets it. > > Jim > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:34 AM array chip via R-help > <r-help at r-project.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to generate a Kaplan-Meier plot with 2 survfit objects, just like this one: > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fEcpdIdE2xYtA6LBQN9ck3JkL6-goabX/view?usp=sharing > > > > Suppose I have 2 survfit objects: fit1 is for the curve on the left (survtime has been truncated to the cutoff line: year 5), fit2 is for the curve on the right (minimum survival time is at the cutoff line: year 5), but if I do the following: > > > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > > > Then I will have an horizontal line on the top that connect from 0 to 4 years, which I do not want that to be drawn (see blue arrow below): > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/178mQGlhnaOg9PA-oE-W_W5CtrGD03ljH/view?usp=sharing > > > > Can anyone have a strategy to make this kind of plot happen? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
Jim, I tried a few things, I found that clip() works if I just do some regular graphing tasks. But as long as I run lines(fit) with "fit" object is a survfit object, this would reset to default plot region. See the ovarian example below: library(survival) ovarian1<-ovarian ovarian1$fustat[ovarian$futime>450]<-0 ovarian1$futime[ovarian$futime>450]<-450 ovarian2<-subset(ovarian,futime>450) fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian1) fit2 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian2) plot(fit1, xlim=c(0,1200), col = 1:2) abline(v=450) xylim<-par("usr") points(-1,-1) clip(450,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) abline(h=0.5,col=2)? ? ? ### YES, clipping() works! lines(fit2, col = 3:4,lty=2)? ### clipping does not work! reset to default plot region abline(h=0.4,col=2)? ? ? ?### NO, clipping() does not work! So disappointed with this, otherwise this would be such a simple method to do what I want. Thanks, John On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 07:58:53 PM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:? Hi John, I should have remembered this. For some reason, the clip() function doesn't operate until you have issued a graphics command. Try: points(-1,-1) before calling lines() Jim On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:26 PM array chip <arrayprofile at yahoo.com> wrote:> > Hi Jim, > > I tried the clip() function below, surprisingly it did not work! I read the R help file and feel your script should work. To have a workable example, I used the ovarian dataset in the survival package as an example: > > ovarian1<-ovarian > ovarian1$fustat[ovarian$futime>450]<-0 > ovarian1$futime[ovarian$futime>450]<-450 > > ovarian2<-subset(ovarian,futime>450) > > fit1 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian1) > fit2 <- survfit(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ rx, data = ovarian2) > > plot(fit1, xlim=c(0,1200), col = 1:2) > abline(v=450) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(450,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2, col = 3:4,lty=2) > > I can still see that the extra horizontal line on the top. > > Can you or anyone have any suggestion what went wrong? > > Thanks, > > John > > > On Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 01:35:48 AM PDT, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > Perhaps the most direct way would be: > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > xylim<-par("usr") > clip(4,xylim[2],xylim[3],xylim[4]) > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > Remember that the new clipping rectangle will persist until you or > something else resets it. > > Jim > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:34 AM array chip via R-help > <r-help at r-project.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone suggest a simple way to generate a Kaplan-Meier plot with 2 survfit objects, just like this one: > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fEcpdIdE2xYtA6LBQN9ck3JkL6-goabX/view?usp=sharing > > > > Suppose I have 2 survfit objects: fit1 is for the curve on the left (survtime has been truncated to the cutoff line: year 5), fit2 is for the curve on the right (minimum survival time is at the cutoff line: year 5), but if I do the following: > > > > plot(fit1, col=1:2) > > lines(fit2,col=1:2) > > > > Then I will have an horizontal line on the top that connect from 0 to 4 years, which I do not want that to be drawn (see blue arrow below): > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/178mQGlhnaOg9PA-oE-W_W5CtrGD03ljH/view?usp=sharing > > > > Can anyone have a strategy to make this kind of plot happen? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >