[R] Further png() question

Petr Pikal petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Tue Sep 7 17:01:18 CEST 2004



On 7 Sep 2004 at 15:37, Laura Quinn wrote:

> Ok, I have reinstalled R-1.9.0 and this appears to have fixed the
> problems I was having with png(). However, I have a further question
> regarding png()
> 
> Is it possible to pass a par() argument to the png() command? I am
> wanting to produce 4 plots per object, which I normally acheive on an
> X window by par(mfrow=c(1,4)). I have tried calling a new plot and
> setting par in this way but this has no bearing when I call png().

Hi

png("myplot.png", 800,800)
par(mfrow=c(1,4))
for (i in 1:4) boxplot(rnorm(10)*i)
dev.off()

seems to work or seems to produce 4 graphs on 1 png device. Is 
this what you want?

Cheers
Petr




> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Laura Quinn
> Institute of Atmospheric Science
> School of Earth and Environment
> University of Leeds
> Leeds
> LS2 9JT
> 
> tel: +44 113 343 1596
> fax: +44 113 343 6716
> mail: laura at env.leeds.ac.uk
> 
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Petr Pikal
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