Dear R developers,
I would like to have R choose the limits of the y-axis semi-automatically,
e.g., zero should be included, but the maximum should be chosen depending
on the data.
Examples:
plot(1:10, 1:10) # selects min and max automatically
plot(1:10, 1:10, ylim=c(1, 10)) # manual definition
plot(1:10, 1:10, ylim=c(0, Inf)) # this would be a nice feature, i.e. lower y
limit = 0 defined manually, upper limit = 10 selected automatically
The relevant code from plot.default would have to be modified:
old:
ylim <- if (is.null(ylim))
range(xy$y[is.finite(xy$y)])
else ylim
new:
ylim <- if (is.null(ylim))
range(xy$y[is.finite(xy$y)])
else if(length(ylim) == 2 & ylim[2] == Inf)
c(ylim[1], max(xy$y[is.finite(xy$y)])
else ylim
and some more if-else statements if cases like ylim=c(0, -Inf),
ylim=c(Inf, 0), ylim=c(-Inf, 0) and ylim=c(-Inf, Inf)[as a replacement for NULL/
autoselection] and ylim=c(Inf, -Inf)[autoselection, reversed y axis] should be
handled correctly.
I would find such a feature useful. Do you think it would interfere with other
functions?
Thank you for your consideration.
Best wishes,
Matthias Gondan
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