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Julia Joly
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Stabilizing the error with the best answers: error in plot.window(…) : need finite ‘xlim’ values

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As advised, I used some code samples in another forum but it could not improve the problem. My question is the “ error in plot.window(…) : need finite ‘xlim’ values ” in r- how to solve it? Command line is:

#define data
x <- c('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F') 

y <- c(3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 19) 

#attempt to create scatterplot 

plot(x, y)

and the result:

Error in plot.window(...) : need finite 'xlim' values

In addition: Warning messages:
1: In min(x) : no non-missing arguments to min; returning Inf
2: In max(x) : no non-missing arguments to max; returning -Inf

What does the message mean? Can you advise me to fix it? If you have other better answers, leave it in the answer box below.

error in plot.window(...)
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    The cause: This error occurs because the vector we used for the x-axis values is a character vector.

    Solution: Supplying a numeric vector to the x-axis:

    #define two numeric vectors 

x <- c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 

y <- c(3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 19) 

#create scatterplot 

plot(x, y)

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  2. Problem is, you are (probably) trying plot a vector consisting only of missing (NA), values. Here’s an example. 

    > x=rep(NA,100)
> y=rnorm(100)
> plot(x,y)
Error in plot.window(...) : need finite 'xlim' values
In addition: Warning messages:
1: In min(x) : no non-missing arguments to min; returning Inf
2: In max(x) : no non-missing arguments to max; returning -Inf

    This means that plot(costs,pseudor2,type="l") is costs and NA is plot(costs,pseudor2,type="l"). This is the reason for your error.


    Comments:

    Scott C Wilson Attempting to use character values in X and Y data is another possible reason for this message. If you suspect this is the problem, you can use class function to verify your x- and y values.

    Stevec

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