plot.ts {stats}R Documentation

Plotting Time-Series Objects

Description

Plotting method for objects inheriting from class "ts".

Usage

## S3 method for class 'ts':
plot(x, y = NULL, plot.type = c("multiple", "single"),
        xy.labels, xy.lines, panel = lines, nc, yax.flip = FALSE,
        mar.multi = c(0, 5.1, 0, if(yax.flip) 5.1 else 2.1),
        oma.multi = c(6, 0, 5, 0), axes = TRUE, ...)

## S3 method for class 'ts':
lines(x, ...)

Arguments

x, y time series objects, usually inheriting from class "ts".
plot.type for multivariate time series, should the series by plotted separately (with a common time axis) or on a single plot?
xy.labels logical, indicating if text() labels should be used for an x-y plot, or character, supplying a vector of labels to be used. The default is to label for up to 150 points, and not for more.
xy.lines logical, indicating if lines should be drawn for an x-y plot. Defaults to the value of xy.labels if that is logical, otherwise to TRUE.
panel a function(x, col, bg, pch, type, ...) which gives the action to be carried out in each panel of the display for plot.type="multiple". The default is lines.
nc the number of columns to use when type="multiple". Defaults to 1 for up to 4 series, otherwise to 2.
yax.flip logical indicating if the y-axis (ticks and numbering) should flip from side 2 (left) to 4 (right) from series to series when type="multiple".
mar.multi, oma.multi the (default) par settings for plot.type="multiple". Modify with care!
axes logical indicating if x- and y- axes should be drawn.
... additional graphical arguments, see plot, plot.default and par.

Details

If y is missing, this function creates a time series plot, for multivariate series of one of two kinds depending on plot.type.

If y is present, both x and y must be univariate, and a “scatter” plot y ~ x will be drawn, enhanced by using text if xy.labels is TRUE or character, and lines if xy.lines is TRUE.

See Also

ts for basic time series construction and access functionality.

Examples

## Multivariate
z <- ts(matrix(rt(200 * 8, df = 3), 200, 8), start=c(1961, 1), frequency=12)
plot(z, yax.flip = TRUE)
plot(z, axes= FALSE, ann= FALSE, frame.plot= TRUE,
      mar.mult= c(0,0,0,0), oma.mult= c(1,1,5,1))
title("plot(ts(..), axes=FALSE, ann=FALSE, frame.plot=TRUE, mar..., oma...)")

z <- window(z[,1:3], end = c(1969,12))
plot(z, type = "b")    # multiple
plot(z, plot.type="single", lty=1:3, col=4:2)

## A phase plot:
data(nhtemp)
plot(nhtemp, c(nhtemp[-1], NA), cex = .8, col="blue",
     main = "Lag plot of New Haven temperatures")
## a clearer way to do this would be
## Not run: 
plot(nhtemp, lag(nhtemp, 1), cex = .8, col="blue",
     main = "Lag plot of New Haven temperatures")
## End(Not run)

data(sunspots)
## xy.lines and xy.labels are FALSE for large series:
plot(lag(sunspots, 1), sunspots, pch = ".")

data(EuStockMarkets)
SMI <- EuStockMarkets[, "SMI"]
plot(lag(SMI,  1), SMI, pch = ".")
plot(lag(SMI, 20), SMI, pch = ".", log = "xy",
     main = "4 weeks lagged SMI stocks -- log scale", xy.lines= TRUE)
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