[R] Dendrogram troubles

[Uwe Ligges]

Davendra Sohal wrote:
> Hi,
> I am making a dendrogram with 180 terminal values. Whether I keep it
> horizontal or vertical, it gives a 'squished' graph that refuses to be
> stretched beyond the window size and I cannot read the labels.
> (I'm using hclust and then plot to make the tree.)
> Is there a way to stretch the graph in R, or by exporting it somehow, so
> that I can read the 180 values and see what the results are?

Maybe export it as a huge PDF and zoom into it with your PDF viewer.
For 180 labels, you will obviously need roughly 1800 pixels to display 
them with an 8 point font and 1 pixel between each line of text.
Most current 17" and 19" TFT displays have 1280 pixels in width ....

Uwe Ligges


> Please help.
> Thank you very much.
> -DS.
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