Below is a revised set of code that demonstrates my question a little more clearly, I hope.
When plotting all the data (5th panel), col & sym don't seem to be passed correctly, as the (random) first value for col & sym are used for all points (run the code, then run it again, you'll see how the 5th panel changes depending upon col & sym for the first data point). The 5th panel should ideally be the "sum" of the 4 panels above, keeping col & sym intact. Also, I would rather have this in lattice or ggplot2, if anyone sees how to convert it. Thanks once again, several of you have made very useful suggestions off list. Bryan samples <- 100 # must be even index <- round(runif(samples, 1, 100)) # set up data resp <- rbinom(samples, 1, 0.5) yr <- rep(c("2005", "2006"), samples/2) all <- data.frame(index, resp, yr) all$sym <- ifelse(all$resp == 1, 1, 3) all$col <- ifelse(all$yr == 2005, "red", "blue") all$count <- rep(1, length(all$index)) all <- all[order(all$index, all$yr, all$resp),] # for easier inspection row.names(all) <- c(1:samples) # for easier inspection one <- all[(all$yr == 2005 & all$resp == 0),] # First 2005/0 at top two <- all[(all$yr == 2005 & all$resp == 1),] # Then 2005/1 three <- all[(all$yr == 2006 & all$resp == 0),] # Now 2006/0 four <- all[(all$yr == 2006 & all$resp == 1),] # Finally 2006/1 par(mfrow = c(5, 1)) par(plt = c(0.1, 0.9, 0.25, 0.75)) stripchart(one$index, method = "stack", ylim = c(0,10), xlim = c(1,100), col = one$col, pch = one$sym) mtext("2005/0", side = 3) stripchart(two$index, method = "stack", ylim = c(0,10), xlim = c(1,100), col = two$col, pch = two$sym) mtext("2005/1", side = 3) stripchart(three$index, method = "stack", ylim = c(0,10), xlim = c(1,100), col = three$col, pch = three$sym) mtext("2006/0", side = 3) stripchart(four$index, method = "stack", ylim = c(0,10), xlim = c(1,100), col = four$col, pch = four$sym) mtext("2006/1", side = 3) stripchart(all$index, method = "stack", ylim = c(0,10), xlim = c(1,100), col = all$col, pch = all$sym) mtext("col & sym always taken from 1st data point when all data is plotted!", side = 3) ______________________________________________ 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.