hi Giacomo, consider this:
means<-c(4,6,8) stand.error<-c(0.1,0.3,0.5) lowlim<-means-stand.error uplim<-means+stand.error plot(as.factor(c("a","b","c")),means,ylim=c(min(lowlim),max(uplim))) arrows(c(1:3),lowlim,c(1:3),uplim,code=3,angle=90) Still, its just a workaround and I don't think you can get rid of the horizontal mean-lines because this is actually a box-plot. Otherwise you could try the 'errbar()' from the Hmisc package. I never used that, but maybe it works. Generally, if you have problems with plot-dimensions, you can get instant information with 'locator()', which returns coordinates of mouse clicked locations in plots. cheers, /rené > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Giacomo Prodi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 12.03.08 11:56:45 > An: r-help@r-project.org > Betreff: [R] hello! i need help for a specific graphic issue > > hello, ladyes and gentlemans. > > check this: > > means<-c(4,6,8) > stand.error<-c(0.1,0.3,0.5) > > now i've strongly tryed to scatterplot the > means(y-axis),by showing their sd with the > arrow(..,code=3,angle=90) function. > The problem is that my x-axis has categorical values > (say, factor(x)), and the arrows() can't recognize > them as right coordinates. > ????? > thank you all in advance > B.F. insubria university (varese) > > > > La web mail più usata al mondo. > http://it.docs.yahoo.com/mail/overview/index.html > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________________________ Schon gehört? Der neue WEB.DE MultiMessenger kann`s mit allen: http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3015 ______________________________________________ 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.