[R] (no subject)

[Thomas Lumley]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Austin, Matt wrote:

> A correction.  You either need to open the plotting device prior to the
> simulation that includes your plotting commands and close it after the
> simulation or have the name change dynamically in your simulation so that
> the runs go in separate files.
>
> An example of the first method would be
>
> postscript(file="/where/to/put/file/filename.ps")

It's also worth pointing out that many people will find pdf() more
convenient than postscript()

	-thomas


>
> ## your simulation commands
>
> dev.off()
>
> for the second method more info would be needed to know how you are running
> your simulation to help with dynamic naming.
>
> --Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Austin, Matt
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 18:56 PM
> To: 'Loke Chok Kang'; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: RE: [R] (no subject)
>
>
>
> You need to use a device to print to such as
>
> postscript(file="/where/to/put/file/filename.ps")
> 	##your plotting code here
> dev.off()
>
> Writing a plot at each iteration of your simulation can impact the runtime
> greatly.
>
> Please read the posting guide at the bottom of the e-mail, it can help you
> get more helpful . . . help
>
> --Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Loke Chok Kang
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 18:42 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] (no subject)
>
>
> Hi,
> Sorry, I have a problem that require some help. As I am doing a project with
> R and this project requires me to do a lot of plotting as I run my
> simulation, I need R to help me store my plots automatically as the
> simulation is run. Could anyone advise me on how this can be done? If
> possible I need all the plots to be written to a file.
>
> PS:In all I have over 500 over plots, thus it will not be possible to
> manually plot all the plots out.
>
> >From yours faithfully,
> Chok Kang
> sci10137 at nus.edu.sg
>
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Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle