you can also call plot(x1,y1) par(new=TRUE) plot(x2,y2,axes=FALSE)
but this is more helpful for when you want to plot with multiple y-axes. in general, it is also possible to build up from low-level graphical elements: plot.new() plot.window(xlim=range(x1),ylim=range(y1)) lines(x1,y1) axis(1); axis(2); box() plot.window(xlim=range(x2),ylim=range(y2)) lines(x2,y2) axis(1); axis(2); box() if you want both plots to be on the same scale, you can specify the axes limits a priori, or retrieve the limits from the first figure to call in the second by par("usr"). to use these in the second xlim, ylim call, you should set par(xaxs="i",yaxs="i") so they aren't padded above and below the specified limits. (see ?par for xaxs and yaxs) best regards, st --- Steven McKinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Broadly speaking, there are a few classes > of plotting functions. > > 1) "New graph" functions. > The plot() function starts a new graph. > > 2) "Add to a graph" functions > The points(), lines(), text() etc. functions > add something to the current graph. > > 3) "Control graph" functions > par() controls various aspects of the graph. > > R graphics experts might have some better > classification and terminology. > > So you want your second plotting function to be > points() rather than plot(), to add to the > existing graph. > > Try > > > x1=rnorm(25, mean=0, sd=1) > > y1=dnorm(x1, mean=0, sd=1) > > > > x2=rnorm(25, mean=0, sd=1) > > y2=dnorm(x2, mean=0, sd=1) > > plot(x1, y1, type='p', xlim=range(x1,x2), ylim=range(y1, y2), xlab='x', > ylab='y') > > points(x2, y2, type='p', col="red", xlab='x', ylab='y') > > > > Steven McKinney > > Statistician > Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program > British Columbia Cancer Research Centre > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tel: 604-675-8000 x7561 > > BCCRC > Molecular Oncology > 675 West 10th Ave, Floor 4 > Vancouver B.C. > V5Z 1L3 > Canada > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Yun Zhang > Sent: Fri 2/23/2007 7:34 AM > To: Henrique Dallazuanna > Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R] How to plot two graphs on one single plot? > > Thanks. Now R plots two graphs on one plot. > Yet they are still on two graphs, vertically parallelized with each other. > > But what I want to do is actually plotting two distribution on one > single graph, using the same x and y axis. Like: > | > | > | (dist2) > | (dist 1) > | > ---------------------------> > > Is it possible to do that? > > Thanks, > Yun > > Henrique Dallazuanna wrote: > > par(mfrow=c(2,1)) > > #your plot > > #after plot > > par(mfrow=c(1,1)) > > > > On 23/02/07, *Yun Zhang* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to plot two distribution graph on one plot. But I dont > > know > > how. I set them to the same x, y limit, even same x, y labels. > > > > Code: > > x1=rnorm(25, mean=0, sd=1) > > y1=dnorm(x1, mean=0, sd=1) > > > > x2=rnorm(25, mean=0, sd=1) > > y2=dnorm(x2, mean=0, sd=1) > > plot(x1, y1, type='p', xlim=range(x1,x2), ylim=range(y1, y2), > > xlab='x', > > ylab='y') > > plot(x2, y2, type='p', col="red", xlab='x', ylab='y') > > > > They just dont show up in one plot. > > > > Any hint will be very helpful. > > > > Thanks, > > Yun > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch <mailto:R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> mailing > > list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > <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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Henrique Dallazuanna > > Curitiba-ParanĂ¡ > > Brasil > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.