# R: Plot Methods

plot-methods {timeDate} | R Documentation

## Plot Methods

### Description

Plot methods for `timeDate` objects.

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'timeDate'
    plot(x, y, ...)
    ## S4 method for signature 'timeDate'
    lines(x, y, ...)
    ## S4 method for signature 'timeDate'
    points(x, y, ...)

    axis.timeDate(side, x, at, format = NULL, labels = TRUE, ...)

    ## S3 method for class 'timeDate'
    pretty(x, n=5, min.n=n%/%3, shrink.sml=0.75,
            high.u.bias=1.5, u5.bias=0.5+1.5*high.u.bias,
            eps.correct=0, ...)

### Arguments

`x, y, at` | an object of class `timeDate`.
`side` | an integer specifying which side of the plot the axis is to be drawn on. The axis is placed as follows: 1=below, 2=left, 3=above and 4=right.
`format` | a POSIX format string, e.g. "%Y-%m-%d".
`labels` | either a logical value specifying whether annotations are to be made at the tickmarks, or a vector of character strings to be placed at the tickpoints.
`n` | an integer giving the desired number of intervals.
`min.n` | a nonnegative integer giving the minimal number of intervals.
`shrink.sml` | a positive numeric by a which a default scale is shrunk in the case when range(x) is very small.
`high.u.bias` | a non-negative numeric, typically > 1. Larger high.u.bias values favor larger units.
`u5.bias` | a non-negative numeric multiplier favoring factor 5 over 2.
`eps.correct` | an integer code, one of 0,1,2. If non-0, a correction is made at the boundaries.
`...` | arguments passed to other methods.

### Value

returns a summary report of the details of a `timeDate` object. This includes the starting and end date, the number of dates the format and the financial center in use.

### Note

These S3 methods will become S4 methods in the future.

### Examples

    ## timeCalendar -
       x <- timeCalendar()
       y <- rnorm(12)

    ## Plotting :

       plot(x, y, type = "l")
       points(x, y, pch = 19, col = "red")

       plot(x, y, type = "l", xaxt = "n")
       axis.timeDate(1, at = x[c(1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)], format = "%b")
       axis.timeDate(1, at = x[12], format = "%Y")

[Package timeDate version 3043.102 Index]