Why wouldn't?  It does for me ;-)

curve(sin(x), 0, 10, col = 4, lwd = 2, las = 1)
curve(cos(x), 0, 10, add = TRUE)

Best,
Jorge


On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:07 PM, R. Michael Weylandt <> wrote:

> Furthermore, if you want to add lines to a plot, I'd advise against the
> curve() function, rather use lines() to add lines (or points() for, well,
> points) on a plot.
>
> E.g.,
>
> x <- seq(0,10,by=0.025)
> y <- sin(x)
> y2 <- cos(x)
>
> plot(x,y,type="l",col="red4",lwd=3)
> lines(x,y2)
>
> curve() wouldn't work for this
>
> Michael
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Patrick Burns <>wrote:
>
> > Sarah has told you how to get from where
> > you are to where you want to be.
> >
> > However, it is easier to start somewhere
> > else.  The more "R" way to do what you are
> > doing is to use a list to put the results
> > of your regressions into.  It is then very
> > easy to use that list, and it is easier to
> > keep track of.
> >
> > The two documents mentioned in my signature
> > may help you get up and running in R.  Since
> > you are coming from Stata, you should also
> > look at http://r4stats.com
> >
> >
> > On 18/09/2011 17:05, Francesco Sarracino wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I am a stata user and I am moving my first steps in R.
> >> I am dealing with a silly issue concerning looping over variables. I
> read
> >> previous posts on similar topics in the R help archive, but I did not
> find
> >> a
> >> solution.
> >> Here is my case:
> >>
> >> I run a simple bivariate linear regression saving the output in objects
> >> called: pd.memb.0, pd.memb.1, pd.memb.2, pd.memb.3
> >>
> >> pd.memb.0<- lm(E.fs.memb ~ M.fs.memb, data, subset = (tag2 == 1))
> >> pd.memb.1<- lm(E.fs.memb ~ M.fs.memb, data, subset = (M.fs.memb<=
> >> quantile(M.fs.memb, .25)&  tag2 == 1))
> >> pd.memb.2<- lm(E.fs.memb ~ M.fs.memb, data, subset = (M.fs.memb>
> >> quantile(M.fs.memb, .25)&  M.fs.memb<= quantile(M.fs.memb, .75)&  tag2
> ==
> >> 1))
> >> pd.memb.3<- lm(E.fs.memb ~ M.fs.memb, data, subset = (M.fs.memb>
> >> quantile(M.fs.memb, .75)&  tag2 == 1))
> >>
> >> Subsequently, I wish to plot my data superimposing a different line for
> >> each
> >> regression model. Here I am trying to apply my loop. Looking at the info
> I
> >> found around, the following code sound to me as correct, but I am wrong.
> >>
> >> plot(M.fs.memb , E.fs.memb)
> >> for(i =  1:3){
> >>   curve(coef(pd.memb.i)[1] + coef(pd.memb.i)[2]*x, add = T, cex = 100,
> col
> >> =
> >> "red")
> >> }
> >>
> >> The plot is plotted, but the curves are not printed and  I get the
> >> following
> >> error message:
> >>
> >>
> >> Error in coef(pd.memb.i) :
> >>   error in evaluating the argument 'object' in selecting a method for
> >> function 'coef'>  }Error: unexpected '}' in "}"
> >>
> >>
> >> What am I doing wrong?
> >> Thanks a lot for your help,
> >> f.
> >>
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