f <- (structure(list(X = structure(96:97, .Label = c("119DAmm", "119DN", "119DNN", "119DO", "119DOC", "119Flow", "119Nit", "119ON", "119OPhos", "119OrgP", "119Phos", "119TKN", "119TOC", "148DAmm", "148DN", "148DNN", "148DO", "148DOC", "148Flow", "148Nit", "148ON", "148OPhos", "148OrgP", "148Phos", "148TKN", "148TOC", "179DAmm", "179DN", "179DNN", "179DO", "179DOC", "179Flow", "179Nit", "179ON", "179OPhos", "179OrgP", "179Phos", "179TKN", "179TOC", "185DAmm", "185DN", "185DNN", "185DO", "185DOC", "185Flow", "185Nit", "185ON", "185OPhos", "185OrgP", "185Phos", "185TKN", "185TOC", "190DAmm", "190DN", "190DNN", "190DO", "190DOC", "190Flow", "190Nit", "190ON", "190OPhos", "190OrgP", "190Phos", "190TKN", "190TOC", "198DAmm", "198DN", "198DNN", "198DO", "198DOC", "198Flow", "198Nit", "198ON", "198OPhos", "198OrgP", "198Phos", "198TKN", "198TOC", "202DAmm", "202DN", "202DNN", "202DO", "202DOC", "202Flow", "202Nit", "202ON", "202OPhos", "202OrgP", "202Phos", "202TKN", "202TOC", "215DAmm", "215DN", "215DNN", "215DO", "215DOC", "215Flow", "215Nit", "215ON", "215OPhos", "215OrgP", "215Phos", "215TKN", "215TOC", "61DAmm", "61DN", "61DNN", "61DO", "61DOC", "61Flow", "61Nit", "61ON", "61OPhos", "61OrgP", "61Phos", "61TKN", "61TOC", "BCOPhos", "BCOrgP", "BCPhos", "BCTKN", "BCTOC", "HCDAmm", "HCDN", "HCDNN", "HCDO", "HCDOC", "HCFlow", "HCNit", "HCON", "HCOPhos", "HCOrgP", "HCPhos", "HCTKN", "HCTOC", "SCDAmm", "SCDN", "SCDNN", "SCDO", "SCDOC", "SCFlow", "SCNit", "SCON", "SCOPhos", "SCOrgP", "SCPhos", "SCTKN", "SCTOC"), class = "factor"),
RiverMile = structure(c(8L, 8L), .Label = c("119", "148", "179", "185", "190", "198", "202", "215", "61", "BC", "HC", "SC"), class = "factor"), Constituent = structure(5:6, .Label = c("DAmm", "DN", "DNN", "DO", "DOC", "Flow", "Nit", "ON", "OPhos", "OrgP", "Phos", "TKN", "TOC"), class = "factor"), X2.1.06 = c(2.5, 2494), X4.1.06 = c(2.4, NA), X5.1.06 = c(2.3, NA), X6.1.06 = c(2.1, NA), X7.1.06 = c(2, NA), X8.1.06 = c(1.9, NA), X9.1.06 = c(2, NA), X10.1.06 = c(2.1, NA), X11.1.06 = c(2.9, NA), X12.1.06 = c(2.6, NA), X1.1.07 = c(2.1, 4229.55), X2.1.07 = c(2.1, 1823.5), X3.1.07 = c(2.8, 3617.5), X4.1.07 = c(2.3, NA), X5.1.07 = c(3.5, NA), X6.1.07 = c(2.8, 10974.5), X7.1.07 = c(2.5, 9652), X8.1.07 = c(2.4, 6700.5), X9.1.07 = c(2.2, 11438.5), X10.1.07 = structure(c(34L, 33L), .Label = c("-0.0214", "-0.3660", "#VALUE!", "0.0000", "0.0010", "0.0040", "0.0060", "0.0080", "0.0086", "0.0090", "0.0100", "0.0110", "0.0120", "0.0140", "0.0220", "0.0230", "0.0240", "0.0280", "0.0300", "0.0720", "0.0890", "0.1000", "0.1200", "0.1280", "0.1400", "0.1500", "0.1880", "0.1910", "0.2000", "0.2080", "0.2200", "0.3900", "1141.0000", "2.2000", "2.3000", "2.5000", "2.6000", "2606.0000", "3.0000", "3.4000", "4.5000", "4.6000", "4710.0000", "4720.0000", "4729.0000", "6.9768", "7.7065", "7.7338", "8.0097"), class = "factor"), X11.1.07 = c(2.2, 10968), X12.1.07 = c(2.2, 7361.5), X1.1.08 = c(2, 6797)), .Names = c("X", "RiverMile", "Constituent", "X2.1.06", "X4.1.06", "X5.1.06", "X6.1.06", "X7.1.06", "X8.1.06", "X9.1.06", "X10.1.06", "X11.1.06", "X12.1.06", "X1.1.07", "X2.1.07", "X3.1.07", "X4.1.07", "X5.1.07", "X6.1.07", "X7.1.07", "X8.1.07", "X9.1.07", "X10.1.07", "X11.1.07", "X12.1.07", "X1.1.08"), row.names = c(NA, -2L), class = "data.frame")) plot(f[2,4:26], f[1,4:26]) #Error in plot.window(...) : need finite 'xlim' values #In addition: Warning messages: #1: In min(x) : no non-missing arguments to min; returning Inf #2: In max(x) : no non-missing arguments to max; returning -Inf #I want a scatterplot like what I thought would happen with the plot command and the rows and columns that contain the data. If there is a NA in either case there is no point . plotted. This is how plot works with the data in columns, I think. This is a small example of a much larger data set are there any suggestions. What am I missing? thanks stephen -- Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the annoying little problems of being mammals. -K. Mullis [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.