Specify xlim & ylim for Log-Scale in Base R Plot (2 Examples)

data(iris)                     # Example data
head(iris)
#   Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species
# 1          5.1         3.5          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 2          4.9         3.0          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 3          4.7         3.2          1.3         0.2  setosa
# 4          4.6         3.1          1.5         0.2  setosa
# 5          5.0         3.6          1.4         0.2  setosa
# 6          5.4         3.9          1.7         0.4  setosa

data(iris) # Example data head(iris) # Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width Species # 1 5.1 3.5 1.4 0.2 setosa # 2 4.9 3.0 1.4 0.2 setosa # 3 4.7 3.2 1.3 0.2 setosa # 4 4.6 3.1 1.5 0.2 setosa # 5 5.0 3.6 1.4 0.2 setosa # 6 5.4 3.9 1.7 0.4 setosa

plot(iris$Sepal.Length,        # Try to use lower limit of zero
     iris$Sepal.Width,
     log = "xy",
     xlim = c(0, 100),
     ylim = c(0, 100))
# Warning messages:
# 1: In plot.window(...) :
#   nonfinite axis limits [GScale(-inf,1,1, .); log=1]
# 2: In plot.window(...) :
#   nonfinite axis limits [GScale(-inf,1,2, .); log=1]

plot(iris$Sepal.Length, # Try to use lower limit of zero iris$Sepal.Width, log = "xy", xlim = c(0, 100), ylim = c(0, 100)) # Warning messages: # 1: In plot.window(...) : # nonfinite axis limits [GScale(-inf,1,1, .); log=1] # 2: In plot.window(...) : # nonfinite axis limits [GScale(-inf,1,2, .); log=1]

plot(iris$Sepal.Length,        # Set lower axis limits slightly higher
     iris$Sepal.Width,
     log = "xy",
     xlim = c(0.00001, 10),
     ylim = c(0.00001, 10))

plot(iris$Sepal.Length, # Set lower axis limits slightly higher iris$Sepal.Width, log = "xy", xlim = c(0.00001, 10), ylim = c(0.00001, 10))