Draw Line Segment to Plot in Base R (Example) | segments Function

This article explains how to add a line segment to a plot with the segments() function in the R programming language.

Example Data & Basic Plot in R

Example data:

set.seed(159)                 # Create random data
x <- rnorm(100)
y <- x + rnorm(100)

Draw basic plot:

plot(x, y, pch = 16)          # Draw basic plot in R

r plot

Add Line Segment to Plot (segments Function)

We can use the segments function to draw a line segment to our previously created plot:

segments(x0 = -2, y0 = 3,     # Coordinates of starting point
         x1 = 1, y1 = -1,     # Coordinates of finishing point
         col = "red",         # Color of line
         lwd = 5)             # Thickness of line

segment line in r

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