# Goal: Display two series on one plot, one with a left y axis # and another with a right y axis. y1 <- cumsum(rnorm(100)) y2 <- cumsum(rnorm(100, mean=0.2)) par(mai=c(.8, .8, .2, .8)) plot(1:100, y1, type="l", col="blue", xlab="X axis label", ylab="Left legend") par(new=TRUE) plot(1:100, y2, type="l", ann=FALSE, yaxt="n") axis(4) legend(x="topleft", bty="n", lty=c(1,1), col=c("blue","black"), legend=c("String 1 (left scale)", "String 2 (right scale)"))