[R] [FORGED] Plot step function

[Jeff Newmiller]

R by default puts the axes at the edge of the plot, not at x=0 and y=0, for the reason that doing otherwise makes the plot harder to read. To see this, consider:

plot( c( -4, 0, 4 ), c( 0, 1, 1 ), type="s", xlab="x", ylab="y", axes=FALSE, xlim=c( -5, 5 ), ylim=c( -2, 2 ), lwd=2 )
axis( side=1, at=seq( -4, 4, 1 ), pos=0 )
axis( side=2, at=seq( -2, 2, 1 ), pos=0 )

You should read the help pages
?plot.default
?axis
-- 
Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On February 7, 2016 2:54:48 PM PST, jupiter <jupiter.hce at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks Jim, that was I did to generate graphic from
>plot(c(-4,0,4),c(0,1,1),type="s",xlab="x",ylab="y"), it displayed [-4,
>-2,
>0, 2, 4] in X, I tried to twist it, but could not get [-4, -3, -2, -1,
>0,
>1, 2, 3, 4] in X. Also, that the y 0.0 is above the X axis.
>
>I guess I try to figure out if, in general, there are parameters to
>define
>Δx (i.e Δx= 1), and to define [0, 0.0] at the joint of x axis and y
>axis.
>But never mind, if it is too much to ask :-).
>
>Thank you and greatly appreciate kind responses.
>
>- j
>
>
>
>On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hail Jupiter,
>> Might a slight alteration of Rolf's suggestion do the trick?
>>
>>  plot(c(-4,0,4),c(0,1,1),type="s",xlab="x",ylab="y")
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 8:49 AM, jupiter <jupiter.hce at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for the all response, how can the point y (0.0) on the
>same x
>>> axis, and X increases 1 between [-4, 4]?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Rolf Turner
><r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 07/02/16 01:11, jupiter wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> I am just starting to learn R, sorry for asking a simple
>question. How
>>> can
>>> >> plot a line x <= 0 y = 0, x > 0 y = 1?
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > One way:
>>> >
>>> >     plot(c(-1,0,1),c(0,1,1),type="s",xlab="x",ylab="y")
>>> >
>>> > cheers,
>>> >
>>> > Rolf Turner
>>> >
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