R Plotting

Plotting in R means creating graphs and charts to visualize data.

R has very strong built-in plotting capabilities, widely used in statistics, data analysis, and research.

 1. Basic Plot in R (plot())

The plot() function is the most commonly used plotting function.

✔ Creates a scatter plot by default

 2. Line Plot

📌 type = "l" → line
Other types:

• "p" → points (default)

• "b" → both line & points

 3. Scatter Plot with Customization

 4. Bar Plot (barplot())

✔ Best for categorical data

 5. Histogram (hist())

✔ Shows frequency distribution

 6. Pie Chart (pie())

 7. Multiple Plots in One Window

 8. Adding to Existing Plot

 9. Save Plot to File

✔ Saves plot as an image

 10. Plotting Data Frames

 Base R Plotting Functions

📌 Summary

• R has powerful built-in plotting tools

• plot() is the base function

• Supports line, scatter, bar, hist, pie

• Highly customizable