[R] Barplots: Editing the frequency x-axis names

2007-06-08 Thread Tom.O
Hi I have a timeSeries object (X) with monthly returns. I want to display the returns with a barplot, which I can fix easily. But my problem is labaling the x-axis, if I use the positions from the timeseries It gets very messy. I have tried rotating and changing the font size but it doesn't do

Re: [R] Barplots: Editing the frequency x-axis names

2007-06-08 Thread Knut Krueger
Tom.O schrieb: Hi I have a timeSeries object (X) with monthly returns. I want to display the returns with a barplot, which I can fix easily. But my problem is labaling the x-axis, if I use the positions from the timeseries It gets very messy. I have tried rotating and changing the font size

Re: [R] Barplots: Editing the frequency x-axis names

2007-06-08 Thread Tom.O
Hi thanks for the respone, but cant you be more specific with your example. I cant see that this will do the trick. What Im looking for is a function that remembers each position but only displays every n'th date. For example positionReturns Disply Date 2003-01-31 1

Re: [R] Barplots: Editing the frequency x-axis names

2007-06-08 Thread Knut Krueger
Sorry I forgot the around the dates x - c(dates(01/31/03),dates(06/30/07)) But I think your problem is the plot area. You must first define the plot area with type =n for no plotting, afterwards you could fill in the data. I did this with times() but I am afraid the displayed dates/times

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2007-06-08 Thread Knut Krueger
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Re: [R] Barplots: Editing the frequency x-axis names

2007-06-08 Thread hadley wickham
On 6/8/07, Tom.O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have a timeSeries object (X) with monthly returns. I want to display the returns with a barplot, which I can fix easily. But my problem is labaling the x-axis, if I use the positions from the timeseries It gets very messy. I have tried rotating