Hi Ed, While David's suggestion is correct, the change in par("usr") results from your resetting the plot limits.
data(mtcars) plot(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp) par("usr") [1] 9.46 34.84 40.68 346.32 par(new=TRUE) plot(mtcars$mpg, mtcars$hp,col="red",axes=FALSE) par("usr") [1] 9.46 34.84 40.68 346.32 Jim On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:57 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsem...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2015, at 5:33 PM, Ed Siefker wrote: > > > I'm trying to plot() over an existing plot() like this: > > > >> attach(mtcars) > >> plot(mpg, hp) > >> par(new=TRUE) > >> par("usr") > > [1] 9.46 34.84 40.68 346.32 > >> plot(mpg, hp, col="red", axes=FALSE, xlim=par("usr")[1:2], > ylim=par("usr")[3:4], xlab="", ylab="") > >> par("usr") > > [1] 8.4448 35.8552 28.4544 358.5456 > > The default usr ranges are some factor (my hazy memory says 104%) of the > range of thex- and y-values unless you specify otherwise. This choice > allows round data-points to be displayed at the extremes. Why are you > trying to muck with the plot setup? The right way would be to use points(). > > > > > > For some reason "usr" is changing, and so it's not plotting over the > > existing data in the right place. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.