Others have show how to use the segments function, but this can also be done using the original abline function along with the clip function. Here is an example:
plot( iris$Petal.Width, iris$Petal.Length, col=c('red','green','blue')[iris$Species]) tmp <- levels(iris$Species) tmp2 <- par('usr') for(i in 1:3) { fit <- lm( Petal.Length ~ Petal.Width, data=iris, subset= Species==tmp[i] ) tmpx <- with(iris, Petal.Width[ Species==tmp[i] ] ) clip( min(tmpx), max(tmpx), tmp2[3], tmp2[4] ) abline( fit, col=c('red','green','blue')[i] ) } Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Steve Murray > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:51 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Trendline for a subset of data > > > Dear all, > > I am using abline(lm ...) to insert a linear trendline through a > portion of my data (e.g. dataset[,36:45]). However, I am finding that > whilst the trendline is correctly displayed and representative of the > data portion I've chosen, the line continues to run beyond this data > segment and continues until it intersects the vertical axes at each > side of the plot. > > How do I display the line so that it only runs between point 36 and 45 > (as shown in the example above) as doesn't continue to display a line > throughout the rest of the plot space? > > Many thanks, > > Steve > > _________________________________________________________________ > View your other email accounts from your Hotmail inbox. Add them now. > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.