That's exactly what I needed! Many thanks to Mark, Daniel and Duncan for your help! Enrico
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Daniel Malter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > type ?plot [Enter]and click the "par" link in the first line. This takes > you > to all the parameters you can set for plot commands. The one you are > looking > for is: > > xaxs > > The style of axis interval calculation to be used for the x-axis. Possible > values are "r", "i", "e", "s", "d". The styles are generally controlled by > the range of data or xlim, if given. Style "r" (regular) first extends the > data range by 4 percent and then finds an axis with pretty labels that > fits > within the range. Style "i" (internal) just finds an axis with pretty > labels > that fits within the original data range. Style "s" (standard) finds an > axis > with pretty labels within which the original data range fits. Style "e" > (extended) is like style "s", except that it is also ensures that there is > room for plotting symbols within the bounding box. Style "d" (direct) > specifies that the current axis should be used on subsequent plots. (Only > "r" and "i" styles are currently implemented) > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > ------------------------- > cuncta stricte discussurus > ------------------------- > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Enrico Rossi > Gesendet: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:57 PM > An: r-help@r-project.org > Betreff: [R] Plotting with exact axis limits > > Hello, > > If I make a plot, say something simple like > > plot( runif(100) ) > > then the origin (0,0) is not at the bottom-left corner of the box > surrounding the plot. The axis limits are "padded" slightly. This is > ordinarily a good feature, because it makes plots look better. But now I > would like to make a plot with the origin exactly on the bottom left. > Through trial and error, I have discovered that this padding is > approximately 3.8% of the axis length. That is, > > plot( runif(100), ylim=c(.038,1), xlim=c(3.8,100)) > > gives the desired result. However, this seems like a rather inelegant > hack. > Is there a "correct" way to do this? > > Thank you! > Enrico > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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