So are the names of the columns in the dataset x, y, and z? or are they area, concentration, and year? you seem to be mixing these together? If you provide a minimal reproducible example (provide some data with dput, or the commands to generate random data, or use a built in dataset) then it makes it easier for us to help you.
Is the z/year variable a set of character strings? a factor? or a numeric/integer variable? Assuming the column names are x, y, and z and that z is the numeric year and data is a data frame, then here are some options that should work: plot( data$x[ data$z >= 2012 ], data$y[ data$z >= 2012 ) with( data[ data$z >= 2012, ], plot(x,y) ) plot( y~x, data=data, subset= z >= 2012 ) Also see `fortune("dog")` about choosing names for data frames. On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 9:18 AM, arun <smartpink...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > Try: > set.seed(49) > dat1 <- data.frame(year= > rep(2010:2013,c(10,8,9,13)),x=sample(1e4,40,replace=TRUE),y=sample(40,40,replace=TRUE)) > plot(x~y,data=dat1,subset=year > 2012) > #or > with(subset(dat1,year > 2012),plot(y,x)) > > > A.K. > > > > Hi R people > > This might take me the whole day to figure out, instead I will ask so I can > save some PhD time. > > I want to plot a subset of my data. > > x = area > y = concentration > > these data are sorted by > > z = year (2008 to 2013) > > So I want to make a plot where I can see x and y >=2012 and <2012. > > I have tied > plot(data$y[year>='2012'], x[year>='2012']) That did not work. > > also plot(data$y, data$x, year>'2012') did not give the right data plot > > Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated. > thanks > > ______________________________________________ > 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. -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ 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.