This is the solution that best fits my needs. Thanks everyone for their responses, Naresh
Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2022, at 2:12 PM, David Carlson <dcarl...@tamu.edu<mailto:dcarl...@tamu.edu>> wrote: You can't get exactly what you want with base graphics, but you can get close by defining line types and colors outside the plot command: x <- seq(-3, 3, by = 0.01) lns <- 1:2 clr <- 1:2 matplot(x, cbind(x, x^2), type="l", lty=lns, col=clr) legend("bottomright", legend = c("x", expression(x^2)), lty = lns, col = clr, bty = "n") David L Carlson legend("bottomright", legend = c("x", expression(x^2)), lty = lns, col = clr, bty = "n") On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:56 PM Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com<mailto:drjimle...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Naresh, Have a look at the emptyspace function in the plotrix package. This returns the center of the largest empty space on the plot. Jim On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:41 PM Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com<mailto:naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd Hi Naresh, Have a look at the emptyspace function in the plotrix package. This returns the center of the largest empty space on the plot. Jim On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:41 PM Naresh Gurbuxani <naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com<mailto:naresh_gurbux...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > Is it possible to define legend in the plot command? That will ensure that > legend is correctly associated with the points or lines in the plot. > > # I can do this > x <- seq(-3, 3, by = 0.01) > plot(x, x, type = "l") > lines(x, x^2, lty = 2, col = 2) > # In legend command, I need to remember that x^2 is lty = 2 and col = 2 > legend("bottomright", legend = c("x", expression(x^2)), lty = c(1, 2), col = > c(1, 2), bty = "n") > > # I want to do something like this > plot(x, x, type = "l", label = "x") > lines(x, x^2, lty = 2, col = 2, label = expression(x^2)) > # legend command already knows the legend for each line > legend("bottomright", bty = "n") > > Thanks, > Naresh > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org<mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- To > UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help__;!!KwNVnqRv!EYg6PPgiIfAXtUtQ0ynC6qvjRRReVyXbg66szoAq-KGtyrB_Aw3y2jP6nK_opXOaTsRO6SIjfuBoYZCPlaA$ > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html__;!!KwNVnqRv!EYg6PPgiIfAXtUtQ0ynC6qvjRRReVyXbg66szoAq-KGtyrB_Aw3y2jP6nK_opXOaTsRO6SIjfuBoIIlYb4A$ > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org<mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help__;!!KwNVnqRv!EYg6PPgiIfAXtUtQ0ynC6qvjRRReVyXbg66szoAq-KGtyrB_Aw3y2jP6nK_opXOaTsRO6SIjfuBoYZCPlaA$ PLEASE do read the posting guide https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html__;!!KwNVnqRv!EYg6PPgiIfAXtUtQ0ynC6qvjRRReVyXbg66szoAq-KGtyrB_Aw3y2jP6nK_opXOaTsRO6SIjfuBoIIlYb4A$ and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
