Re: [R] Overlapping grid in plot
Ok, here is some sample code to my problem barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) grid() ..the lines are crossing my barchart :-(... - Original Message - From: Duncan Murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [R] Overlapping grid in plot On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:02:25 +, Robin Gruna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Hi, I want to create a barchart plot with a grid. The grid is overlapping my plot and legend, looking not very nice. How can I put the grid into the background of my plot? You should show some sample code to illustrate the problem. There are several ways to draw a bar chart; how to fix yours depends on which one you used. Duncan Murdoch __ 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 __ 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
Re: [R] Overlapping grid in plot
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:05:01 +0100, Robin Gruna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Ok, here is some sample code to my problem barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) grid() ..the lines are crossing my barchart :-(... The reason for this is the way R thinks of graphics, essentially as ways to put ink on paper. You draw the grid on top of the existing plot. Getting it to look the way you want is a little tricky: you want to draw the grid first so the bars appear on top, but R won't know how to draw the grid until it has drawn the plot. So the solution is to draw the plot twice, e.g. barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) grid(col='black', lty='solid') oldpar - par(bg='white') # this says to use a solid white background # instead of the default one, which is usually transparent. The # old colour is saved in oldpar par(new=T) # this says to overwrite the plot barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) par(oldpar) # restore the old colour Duncan Murdoch __ 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
Re: [R] Overlapping grid in plot
On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 05:00 -0500, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:05:01 +0100, Robin Gruna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Ok, here is some sample code to my problem barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) grid() ..the lines are crossing my barchart :-(... The reason for this is the way R thinks of graphics, essentially as ways to put ink on paper. You draw the grid on top of the existing plot. Getting it to look the way you want is a little tricky: you want to draw the grid first so the bars appear on top, but R won't know how to draw the grid until it has drawn the plot. So the solution is to draw the plot twice, e.g. barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) grid(col='black', lty='solid') oldpar - par(bg='white') # this says to use a solid white background # instead of the default one, which is usually transparent. The # old colour is saved in oldpar par(new=T) # this says to overwrite the plot barplot(c(1,2,4,3,2), legend.text = Legend) par(oldpar) # restore the old colour You can also look at the barplot2() function, which is in the 'gregmisc' bundle on CRAN and take note of the 'plot.grid' argument, which will enable a grid to be drawn behind the bars. As an example: [after installing gregmisc] library(gplots) barplot2(c(1, 2, 4, 3, 2), legend.text = Legend, plot.grid = TRUE, grid.lty = solid) This will result in horizontal lines behind the bars at the same points as the y axis default tick marks. HTH, Marc Schwartz __ 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
[R] Overlapping grid in plot
Hi, I want to create a barchart plot with a grid. The grid is overlapping my plot and legend, looking not very nice. How can I put the grid into the background of my plot? Thank you, Robin __ 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
Re: [R] Overlapping grid in plot
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:02:25 +, Robin Gruna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Hi, I want to create a barchart plot with a grid. The grid is overlapping my plot and legend, looking not very nice. How can I put the grid into the background of my plot? You should show some sample code to illustrate the problem. There are several ways to draw a bar chart; how to fix yours depends on which one you used. Duncan Murdoch __ 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
