I would like to connect the dots based on when they occur in time. Is there an easy way to do this? thanks
f <- (structure(list(date = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 2L, 3L, 10L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 19L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 9L ), .Label = c("1/1/03", "1/1/04", "1/1/06", "10/1/02", "10/1/05", "11/1/02", "12/1/01", "12/1/02", "12/1/04", "2/1/03", "3/3/03", "4/1/03", "5/1/02", "5/1/03", "7/1/02", "7/1/04", "8/1/03", "8/1/04", "8/1/05"), class = "factor"), site = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("dn", "up"), class = "factor"), V1 = c(-0.7066502, 0.07847893, 0.258610632, -0.856286332, -0.839723411, -0.427242353, 0.188298251, -0.372911996, 0.042951816, 0.687447841, 0.326707494, 0.516105863, 0.727867663, -0.072490327, 0.432699191, -0.691885485, -0.351714766, -0.816169763, 0.267076547, 0.282199633, 0.313147496, -0.448375673, 0.343732471, -0.241244084, 0.049120729, 0.57733722, 0.1557785, 0.581664579, 0.596399267, -0.147121306, 0.386559808, -0.424068871, -0.467088965, 0.050789598), V2 = c(0.286015324, -0.308010116, -0.19965154, 0.366323539, 0.426800995, -0.735712725, -0.824072121, -0.767824938, -0.149185618, 0.458001784, -0.440086289, 0.592207506, -0.007212198, 0.153280492, -0.046479998, 0.01649528, 0.256636068, 0.409410528, 0.449511677, -0.206785849, -0.099980263, -0.024985078, -0.601906929, -0.606890646, -0.044453941, 0.514850946, -0.247136552, 0.649317152, 0.015122002, 0.040152681, -0.015410245, 0.263439166, 0.030986594, 0.397233313)), .Names = c("date", "site", "V1", "V2"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -34L))) library(ggplot2) qplot(V1, V2, data=f, colour=date) -- Stephen Sefick Research Scientist Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy 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 ______________________________________________ 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.