[R] drawing segments through points with pch=1

[Uwe Ligges]

You probably want to make your code readable, read ?points and go ahead 
by making the plot without points (plot(....., type="n")), drawing 
segments and at the end paint points with white background colour in 
order to "overwrite" the segments:

y <- c(1.21, 0.51, 0.14, 1.62, -0.8,
        0.72, -1.71, 0.84, 0.02, -0.12)
ybar <- mean(y)
ll <- length(y)
ybarv <- rep(ybar, ll)
x <- 1:ll
plot(x, ybarv, type="n")
segments(x[1], ybar, x[ll], ybar)
points(x, ybarv, pch=21, bg="white")



Uwe Ligges



David Epstein wrote:
> Please excuse me for asking such basic questions:
> 
> Here is my code
>> y=c(1.21,0.51,0.14,1.62,-0.8,0.72,-1.71,0.84,0.02,-0.12)
>> ybar=mean(y)
>> ll=length(y);
>> ybarv=rep(ybar,ll)
>> x=1:ll
>> plot(x,ybarv,pch=1)
>> segments(x[1],ybar,x[ll],ybar)
> 
> What I get is a collection of small circles, with a segment "on top" of 
> the circles, which is almost what I want. But I don't want the segment 
> to be visible inside any small circle.
> 
> Is there an easy way to arrange for the segment to "lie behind" the 
> pch=1 markers, as in hidden line removal, so that the circles remain 
> with nothing inside them? I tried putting the segments command first, 
> but then no segment appeared at all.
> 
> In general, is there a method of laying a drawing "on top" of another. I 
> tried inserting add="T" as an argument to plot, and R objected strongly.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> David Epstein
> 
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