[R] replacing default axis labels on a plot

[Uwe Ligges]

Graves, Gregory wrote:
> Thanks.  But ... Still don't get it.
> 
> Referring explicitly to the monthname column which had many entries
> across many years did not work.  So taking your clue I created a new
> variable list of names of month
> 
> month.name<-list(c("Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul",
> "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"))
> 
> then issued this command
> 
> plot(flow~factor(month),xlab="Month",ylab="Total Flow per Month",
> ylim=c(0,55000), xaxt="n", axis(1, at=1:12, labels=month.name))



axis() is a separate function to be called *after* the call to plot().

Uwe Ligges


> which gave this error
> 
> ERROR: 12, labels = month.name)
> 
> Gregory A. Graves
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch at stats.uwo.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:12 AM
> To: Graves, Gregory
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] replacing default axis labels on a plot
> 
> On 14/05/2009 7:31 AM, Graves, Gregory wrote:
>> I have 3 columns:  flow, month, and monthname, where month is 1-12,
> and
>> monthname is name of month.  I can't get the plot to replace the 1-12
>> with monthname using ticks.lab.  What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> plot(flow~factor(month),xlab="Month",ylab="Total Flow per Month",
>> ylim=c(0,55000), ticks.lab="monthname")
> 
> ticks.lab is not a parameter to the plot.formula function.  You don't 
> say where you found it described, but I'd suggest you read your source 
> more closely, or just use xaxt="n" in the plot call, and construct your 
> own call to axis(), e.g. axis(1, at=1:12, labels=monthname).
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
>> Thanks
>>
>> Gregory A. Graves
>> Lead Scientist
>> REstoration COoordination and VERification (RECOVER) 
>> Watershed Division
>> South Florida Water Management District
>> Phones:  DESK: 561 / 682 - 2429 
>>              CELL:  561 / 719 - 8157
>>              
>>  
>>
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