[R] measurement unit

[Christophe Declercq]

Adrian,

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]De la part de Adrian DUSA
> Envoye : vendredi 9 septembre 2005 09:54
> 
> Dear R-list,
> 
> Could anybody tell me where to find information about 
> changing the measurement 
> unit from inch to centimeters? 
> I read the help from X11, I read R-intro and I did some 
> searhing in the R 
> archives, but I couldn't find the answer.
> For example, I would like to produce a plot of a certain 
> width and height:
> 
> X11(width=10, height=5)
> and I would like these to be centimeters, rather than inches.
> 
> Thank you,
> Adrian

1 inch = 2.54 cm

So you could try what I do for that

> X11(width=10/2.54, height=5/2.54)

Or

> cm2in<-function(x) x/2.54
> X11(width=cm2in(10), height=cm2in(5))

HTH

Christophe
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