Hi: Try this, since your data have no missing months:
rainfall$Time <- seq(from = as.Date('1993-01-01'), to = as.Date('2007-12-01'), by = 'month') g <- ggplot(rainfall, aes(x = Time, y = rainfall)) g + geom_path() HTH, Dennis On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 5:01 AM, Kang Min <ngokang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to plot time against rainfall data (data is at the end) > using xyplot. > > The basic code looks like this: xyplot(rainfall~time, type="a") > When I do this, the graph looks ok except that the x-axis has too many > values. I would just like to display the years and not the months on > the x-axis. I've been fiddling around with 'scales', and read previous > posts about axis problems but I still can't find the solution. > > Thanks in advance. > > Kang Min > > time rainfall > Jan1993 176.4 > Feb1993 69.2 > Mar1993 250.5 > Apr1993 283.9 > May1993 129.9 > Jun1993 115.5 > Jul1993 240 > Aug1993 106.8 > Sep1993 61.7 > Oct1993 175.5 > Nov1993 250.8 > Dec1993 308.5 > Jan1994 56.9 > Feb1994 133.5 > Mar1994 288.2 > Apr1994 154 > May1994 169.6 > Jun1994 184.7 > Jul1994 53.8 > Aug1994 45.1 > Sep1994 23.7 > Oct1994 84.7 > Nov1994 322.2 > Dec1994 425.4 > Jan1995 349.4 > Feb1995 334 > Mar1995 67.7 > Apr1995 242.3 > May1995 84.4 > Jun1995 63.7 > Jul1995 173.6 > Aug1995 211.6 > Sep1995 29.5 > Oct1995 101.1 > Nov1995 372.8 > Dec1995 302.5 > Jan1996 173.2 > Feb1996 180.2 > Mar1996 129.7 > Apr1996 178.2 > May1996 107.5 > Jun1996 265.8 > Jul1996 162.3 > Aug1996 258.4 > Sep1996 297 > Oct1996 300 > Nov1996 180.2 > Dec1996 185.5 > Jan1997 15.4 > Feb1997 105.4 > Mar1997 34.3 > Apr1997 118.4 > May1997 41.6 > Jun1997 78.9 > Jul1997 18.6 > Aug1997 86.6 > Sep1997 31.1 > Oct1997 78.4 > Nov1997 158.3 > Dec1997 351.9 > Jan1998 268.8 > Feb1998 32.5 > Mar1998 58.8 > Apr1998 187.7 > May1998 370.8 > Jun1998 198.8 > Jul1998 259.2 > Aug1998 195 > Sep1998 258.2 > Oct1998 222.7 > Nov1998 107.2 > Dec1998 463.4 > Jan1999 193.9 > Feb1999 67.4 > Mar1999 181.4 > Apr1999 88.5 > May1999 157.1 > Jun1999 103.4 > Jul1999 225.4 > Aug1999 204 > Sep1999 125.9 > Oct1999 205 > Nov1999 241.5 > Dec1999 340.5 > Jan2000 275.2 > Feb2000 237.8 > Mar2000 238.3 > Apr2000 311.6 > May2000 96.8 > Jun2000 157.5 > Jul2000 116.1 > Aug2000 113.5 > Sep2000 81.1 > Oct2000 120.9 > Nov2000 385.7 > Dec2000 236 > Jan2001 425.8 > Feb2001 86.6 > Mar2001 297.3 > Apr2001 203.3 > May2001 164.9 > Jun2001 137.1 > Jul2001 111.3 > Aug2001 158.3 > Sep2001 162 > Oct2001 252.2 > Nov2001 175.3 > Dec2001 609 > Jan2002 221.2 > Feb2002 50.8 > Mar2002 55.6 > Apr2002 116.5 > May2002 236.6 > Jun2002 83.1 > Jul2002 233.7 > Aug2002 54.2 > Sep2002 124.2 > Oct2002 10.8 > Nov2002 307.2 > Dec2002 255 > Jan2003 444.2 > Feb2003 172.9 > Mar2003 154.6 > Apr2003 159.9 > May2003 81.8 > Jun2003 50.3 > Jul2003 170.4 > Aug2003 193.6 > Sep2003 205.3 > Oct2003 351.4 > Nov2003 133.8 > Dec2003 273 > Jan2004 600.9 > Feb2004 31.9 > Mar2004 269.4 > Apr2004 57.1 > May2004 137.6 > Jun2004 127.2 > Jul2004 166.6 > Aug2004 185.2 > Sep2004 128.9 > Oct2004 125.6 > Nov2004 166.2 > Dec2004 139.8 > Jan2005 163.2 > Feb2005 8.4 > Mar2005 82.4 > Apr2005 81.7 > May2005 331.1 > Jun2005 82.3 > Jul2005 104 > Aug2005 58.5 > Sep2005 175.7 > Oct2005 314.5 > Nov2005 362.9 > Dec2005 166 > Jan2006 454.4 > Feb2006 115.5 > Mar2006 83.1 > Apr2006 239.8 > May2006 205.7 > Jun2006 236.8 > Jul2006 153.8 > Aug2006 127.3 > Sep2006 83.3 > Oct2006 102 > Nov2006 185.6 > Dec2006 765.9 > Jan2007 450.1 > Feb2007 105.5 > Mar2007 269.1 > Apr2007 240.2 > May2007 127.2 > Jun2007 139 > Jul2007 141.7 > Aug2007 190.7 > Sep2007 149 > Oct2007 237.2 > Nov2007 367.9 > Dec2007 468.6 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.