下面是一个在“经典”R图形中如何做到这一点的例子:

## generate some random data
carrotLengths <- rnorm(1000,15,5)
cucumberLengths <- rnorm(200,20,7)
## calculate the histograms - don't plot yet
histCarrot <- hist(carrotLengths,plot = FALSE)
histCucumber <- hist(cucumberLengths,plot = FALSE)
## calculate the range of the graph
xlim <- range(histCucumber$breaks,histCarrot$breaks)
ylim <- range(0,histCucumber$density,
              histCarrot$density)
## plot the first graph
plot(histCarrot,xlim = xlim, ylim = ylim,
     col = rgb(1,0,0,0.4),xlab = 'Lengths',
     freq = FALSE, ## relative, not absolute frequency
     main = 'Distribution of carrots and cucumbers')
## plot the second graph on top of this
opar <- par(new = FALSE)
plot(histCucumber,xlim = xlim, ylim = ylim,
     xaxt = 'n', yaxt = 'n', ## don't add axes
     col = rgb(0,0,1,0.4), add = TRUE,
     freq = FALSE) ## relative, not absolute frequency
## add a legend in the corner
legend('topleft',c('Carrots','Cucumbers'),
       fill = rgb(1:0,0,0:1,0.4), bty = 'n',
       border = NA)
par(opar)

唯一的问题是，如果直方图断点是对齐的，它看起来会更好，这可能需要手动完成(在传递给hist的参数中)。

你链接的图片是密度曲线，不是直方图。

如果您一直在阅读ggplot，那么可能您唯一缺少的是将两个数据帧合并为一个长数据帧。

那么，让我们从你拥有的两组独立的数据开始，并将它们结合起来。

carrots <- data.frame(length = rnorm(100000, 6, 2))
cukes <- data.frame(length = rnorm(50000, 7, 2.5))

# Now, combine your two dataframes into one.  
# First make a new column in each that will be 
# a variable to identify where they came from later.
carrots$veg <- 'carrot'
cukes$veg <- 'cuke'

# and combine into your new data frame vegLengths
vegLengths <- rbind(carrots, cukes)

在那之后，如果你的数据已经是长格式的，这是不必要的，你只需要一行来绘制你的图表。

ggplot(vegLengths, aes(length, fill = veg)) + geom_density(alpha = 0.2)

现在，如果你真的想要直方图，下面的方法就可以了。注意，必须从默认的"stack"参数更改位置。如果您不知道您的数据应该是什么样子，您可能会错过这一点。更高的alpha看起来更好。还要注意，我把它做成了密度直方图。很容易删除y = ..density..把它找回来。

ggplot(vegLengths, aes(length, fill = veg)) + 
   geom_histogram(alpha = 0.5, aes(y = ..density..), position = 'identity')

另外，我评论了Dirk的问题，所有的参数都可以简单地在hist命令中。有人问我怎么才能做到。接下来得出的正是德克的数字。

set.seed(42)
hist(rnorm(500,4), col=rgb(0,0,1,1/4), xlim=c(0,10))
hist(rnorm(500,6), col=rgb(1,0,0,1/4), xlim=c(0,10), add = TRUE)

下面是我写的一个函数，它使用伪透明来表示重叠的直方图

plotOverlappingHist <- function(a, b, colors=c("white","gray20","gray50"),
                                breaks=NULL, xlim=NULL, ylim=NULL){

  ahist=NULL
  bhist=NULL

  if(!(is.null(breaks))){
    ahist=hist(a,breaks=breaks,plot=F)
    bhist=hist(b,breaks=breaks,plot=F)
  } else {
    ahist=hist(a,plot=F)
    bhist=hist(b,plot=F)

    dist = ahist$breaks[2]-ahist$breaks[1]
    breaks = seq(min(ahist$breaks,bhist$breaks),max(ahist$breaks,bhist$breaks),dist)

    ahist=hist(a,breaks=breaks,plot=F)
    bhist=hist(b,breaks=breaks,plot=F)
  }

  if(is.null(xlim)){
    xlim = c(min(ahist$breaks,bhist$breaks),max(ahist$breaks,bhist$breaks))
  }

  if(is.null(ylim)){
    ylim = c(0,max(ahist$counts,bhist$counts))
  }

  overlap = ahist
  for(i in 1:length(overlap$counts)){
    if(ahist$counts[i] > 0 & bhist$counts[i] > 0){
      overlap$counts[i] = min(ahist$counts[i],bhist$counts[i])
    } else {
      overlap$counts[i] = 0
    }
  }

  plot(ahist, xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, col=colors[1])
  plot(bhist, xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, col=colors[2], add=T)
  plot(overlap, xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, col=colors[3], add=T)
}

下面是使用R对透明颜色的支持的另一种方法

a=rnorm(1000, 3, 1)
b=rnorm(1000, 6, 1)
hist(a, xlim=c(0,10), col="red")
hist(b, add=T, col=rgb(0, 1, 0, 0.5) )

最终的结果是这样的:

下面是一个在“经典”R图形中如何做到这一点的例子:

## generate some random data
carrotLengths <- rnorm(1000,15,5)
cucumberLengths <- rnorm(200,20,7)
## calculate the histograms - don't plot yet
histCarrot <- hist(carrotLengths,plot = FALSE)
histCucumber <- hist(cucumberLengths,plot = FALSE)
## calculate the range of the graph
xlim <- range(histCucumber$breaks,histCarrot$breaks)
ylim <- range(0,histCucumber$density,
              histCarrot$density)
## plot the first graph
plot(histCarrot,xlim = xlim, ylim = ylim,
     col = rgb(1,0,0,0.4),xlab = 'Lengths',
     freq = FALSE, ## relative, not absolute frequency
     main = 'Distribution of carrots and cucumbers')
## plot the second graph on top of this
opar <- par(new = FALSE)
plot(histCucumber,xlim = xlim, ylim = ylim,
     xaxt = 'n', yaxt = 'n', ## don't add axes
     col = rgb(0,0,1,0.4), add = TRUE,
     freq = FALSE) ## relative, not absolute frequency
## add a legend in the corner
legend('topleft',c('Carrots','Cucumbers'),
       fill = rgb(1:0,0,0:1,0.4), bty = 'n',
       border = NA)
par(opar)

唯一的问题是，如果直方图断点是对齐的，它看起来会更好，这可能需要手动完成(在传递给hist的参数中)。

这么多伟大的答案，但由于我刚刚写了一个函数('basicPlotteR'包中的plotMultipleHistograms())函数来做到这一点，我想我会添加另一个答案。

这个函数的优点是，它自动设置适当的X轴和Y轴限制，并定义在所有分布中使用的公共容器集。

下面是如何使用它:

# Install the plotteR package
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("JosephCrispell/basicPlotteR")
library(basicPlotteR)

# Set the seed
set.seed(254534)

# Create random samples from a normal distribution
distributions <- list(rnorm(500, mean=5, sd=0.5), 
                      rnorm(500, mean=8, sd=5), 
                      rnorm(500, mean=20, sd=2))

# Plot overlapping histograms
plotMultipleHistograms(distributions, nBins=20, 
                       colours=c(rgb(1,0,0, 0.5), rgb(0,0,1, 0.5), rgb(0,1,0, 0.5)), 
                       las=1, main="Samples from normal distribution", xlab="Value")

plotMultipleHistograms()函数可以接受任意数量的分布，并且所有一般的绘图参数都应该与它一起工作(例如:las, main等)。

这里是类似于我只以r为基数给出的ggplot2的版本。我从@nullglob复制了一些。

生成数据

carrots <- rnorm(100000,5,2)
cukes <- rnorm(50000,7,2.5)

您不需要像使用ggplot2那样将其放入数据帧中。这种方法的缺点是你必须写出更多的情节细节。这样做的好处是你可以控制更多的情节细节。

## calculate the density - don't plot yet
densCarrot <- density(carrots)
densCuke <- density(cukes)
## calculate the range of the graph
xlim <- range(densCuke$x,densCarrot$x)
ylim <- range(0,densCuke$y, densCarrot$y)
#pick the colours
carrotCol <- rgb(1,0,0,0.2)
cukeCol <- rgb(0,0,1,0.2)
## plot the carrots and set up most of the plot parameters
plot(densCarrot, xlim = xlim, ylim = ylim, xlab = 'Lengths',
     main = 'Distribution of carrots and cucumbers', 
     panel.first = grid())
#put our density plots in
polygon(densCarrot, density = -1, col = carrotCol)
polygon(densCuke, density = -1, col = cukeCol)
## add a legend in the corner
legend('topleft',c('Carrots','Cucumbers'),
       fill = c(carrotCol, cukeCol), bty = 'n',
       border = NA)