Plot the x-axis with one less data point: plot(x$Date[-1], returns,....)
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Khadija Mohammedali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim > > Thank you for your quick response. This worked great. I am having the same > problem again. I have moved on to calculating returns from rates and want to > plot returns on the y axis and again dates on the x axis. The code I am > using to calculate returns is as follows: > rate<-x$Rate > returns<-(diff(log(rate))) > If I do: > plot(returns, type="l") I get the graph I want however am having problems > with the x axis again. Modification of the code below doesnt work as I now > have one less dimension in returns. Hope I am making sense. Your help is > much appreciated. > > > > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:44 -0500 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [R] Graph Axis > > CC: r-help@r-project.org > > > > > > You have to convert you date to be a Date class: > > > > x <- read.table("/tempxx.txt", header=TRUE, as.is=TRUE) > > x$Date <- as.Date(x$Date, "%d/%m/%Y") > > plot(x$Date, x$Rate, type='l') > > > > > > On 2/25/08, Khadija Mohammedali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi I have data of exchange rates and time, and am trying to draw a graph > that will show the rates on the y axis and dates on the x axis. I am using > the following code: plot(rate, type='l', xlab='Date', ylab='Rate', main='£ > to Euro rate over 5 years')This gives me the graph I want although I want to > display the dates on the x axis, even if its just 2002, 2003,...2008. > Attached is my data. Hope you can help. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > [[elided Hotmail spam]] > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jim Holtman > > Cincinnati, OH > > +1 513 646 9390 > > > > What is the problem you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to > > do, not how you want to do it. > > > ________________________________ > She said what? About who? Shameful celebrity quotes on Search Star! -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem you are trying to solve? Tell me what you want to do, not how you want to do it. ______________________________________________ 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.