Hi: Try this, using the parText function given below:
# Generate the x's, vectors of rate and shape, densities and matplot x <- 5 * ppoints(100) rate <- rep(c(2, 4), each = 3) shape <- rep(c(1, 3, 5), 2) gamden <- matrix(NA, nrow = 6, ncol = 100) for(i in 1:6) gamden[i, ] <- dgamma(x, rate[i], shape[i]) matplot(x, t(gamden), type = 'l', lty = 1:6, col = 1:6, ylab = 'density') For the legend, we have this little function that takes the parameter (vector) as the first argument and its value (vector) as the second: parText <- function(names, pars) { p1 <- paste("* '= ", pars[-length(pars)], ", '*", sep = "") p2 <- paste("* '= ", pars[length(pars)], "'") p <- c(p1, p2) txt <- paste(names, p, collapse = "") parse(text = txt) } We need to create a vector of names and a matrix of values to call the function: names <- c('lambda', 'theta') vals <- cbind(rate, shape) Now use it to create the rows of the legend: legnames <- c(parText(names, vals[1, ]), parText(names, vals[2, ]), parText(names, vals[3, ]), parText(names, vals[4, ]), parText(names, vals[5, ]), parText(names, vals[6, ])) Finally, generate the legend: legend(locator(1), legend = legnames, lty = 1:6, col = 1:6) Hope this is what you wanted... Dennis On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM, casperyc <caspe...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > i=1 > for(rate in c(2,4) ){ > for(shape in c(1,3,5) ){ > curve(dgamma(x,rate,shape),xlim=c(0,3),ylab="",col=i,lty=i,add=T) > i=i+1 > } > } > > How can I add some legend to represent these lines? > i.e. the legend is displayed as > > col=1 lty=1 lambda=2 theta=1 > col=2 lty=2 lambda=2 theta=3 > col=3 lty=3 lambda=2 theta=5 > col=4 lty=4 lambda=4 theta=1 > col=5 lty=5 lambda=4 theta=3 > col=6 lty=6 lambda=4 theta=5 > > i tried to use > legend( locator(1), expression(lambda=i theta=i),col=i,lty=i) > but did actually get it > > can someone help? > > Thanks! > > casper > -- > View this message in context: > http://n4.nabble.com/legend-help-tp1461992p1461992.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > [[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.