This is very easy to do with ggplot: # you need to get the development version from http://had.co.nz/ggplot: install.packages("ggplot", dep=TRUE, repos="http://www.ggobi.org/r/") library(ggplot)
qplot(a, factor(b), type=c("boxplot","point")) qplot(factor(b), a, type=c("boxplot","point")) Regards, Hadley On 8/1/06, Lanre Okusanya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my apologies about the initial bad sample code. Now assume I have > > a<-rnorm(6) > b<-rep(c(10,20),each=3) > ab<-data.frame(a,b) > > and I wanted to overlay this points on the graph? > > On 8/1/06, Petr Pikal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > your example code is not reproducible. > > > > On 1 Aug 2006 at 8:09, Lanre Okusanya wrote: > > > > Date sent: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:09:38 -0400 > > From: "Lanre Okusanya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > > Subject: [R] Overlay Boxplot with scatter plot > > > > > I am trying to make a box plot and overlay it with a scatter plot from > > > another data.frame. I was able to successfully create the boxplot, but > > > when i tried using points(x~y...) the dots did not show up. > > > > > > example code > > > > > > aa<-(300,300,300,300,600,600,600,600,900,900,900,900) > > ^^^ missing c > > > bb<-(13,12,14,11,56,44,34,75,22.,34,22,98,59,55,56) > > > cc<-(13,12,14,11,56,44,34,75,22.,34,22,98,59,55,56) > > > nn<-data.frame(aa,bb) > > different length of aa and bb > > > > > mm<-data.frame(aa,cc) > > > boxplot(bb~aa, data=nn) > > > lines(cc~aa, data=cc) > > > > > > Any help with example code is appreciated. > > > > x<-rnorm(20) > > y<-rep(c(10,20),each=10) > > bbb<-boxplot(x~as.factor(y)) > > > > although it seems as boxes are drawn at 10, 20 they are not. > > Actually the x position of each box is located at > > > > - from help page - > > at numeric vector giving the locations where the boxplots > > should be > > drawn, particularly when add = TRUE; defaults to 1:n where n is the > > number of boxes. > > > > as you can clearly demonstrate by issuing > > > > points(1,0, cex=10) > > > > HTH > > Petr > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Lanre > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > Petr Pikal > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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.