[R] several plots on several pages

[Rainer M. Krug]

Hi Thierry

ONKELINX, Thierry wrote:
> Dear Rainer,
> 
> Have you considered using Sweave?

No - and I am sure it will do what I want, but I guess it might be an 
overkill. These arew just draft outputs for myself for different 
datasets which should be easy to compare. SO I guess that Sweave might 
be an overkill (especially as I found plot.new() which jumpd to a new page).

Thanks and I will keep it in mind for the future,

Rainer


> 
> HTH,
> 
> Thierry
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>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] Namens Rainer M. Krug
>> Verzonden: donderdag 16 augustus 2007 14:58
>> Aan: r-help
>> Onderwerp: [R] several plots on several pages
>>
>> Hi
>>
>>  > version
>>                 _
>> platform       i686-pc-linux-gnu
>> arch           i686
>> os             linux-gnu
>> system         i686, linux-gnu
>> status
>> major          2
>> minor          5.1
>> year           2007
>> month          06
>> day            27
>> svn rev        42083
>> language       R
>> version.string R version 2.5.1 (2007-06-27)
>>
>>
>>
>> I want to create a pdf withe three graphs on a page and with 
>> two pages:
>>
>> -------------
>> |     1     |
>> -------------
>> |     2     |
>> -------------
>> |     3     |
>> -------------
>>
>> NEW PAGE
>>
>> -------------
>> |     4     |
>> -------------
>> |     5     |
>> -------------
>> |     6     |
>> -------------
>>
>> Graph 1 should ALWAYS be at that spot, graph two also, even 
>> if graph one produces an error when plotting (the area can be 
>> empty, but doesn't have
>> to.)
>>
>> I produced the foolowing code below, but I have a few problems:
>>
>> 1) how can I create a new page in the pdf?
>>
>> 2) how can I make sure that the second graph is in position 2 
>> when graph one produces an error when plotting I(as in the 
>> example)? Everything works OK (for the firsat page) when 
>> graph one is plotted.
>>
>> I have the feeling, that I am thinking to complicated.
>>
>> Any help welcome,
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>
>> pdf("test.pdf")
>> try(
>>      {
>>      ## Set layout to three rows and only oine column
>>      par( mfcol=c(3,1), oma=c(0,0,0,0), mar=c(4, 4, 2, 2) )
>>
>>      ## First row
>>      par(mfg=c(1,1))
>>      try( plot(runif(ff)) )
>>
>>      ## Second row
>>      par(mfg=c(2,1))
>>      try( plot(runif(100)) )
>>
>>      ## Third row
>>      par(mfg=c(3,1))
>>      plot(runif(1000))
>>
>>
>>      ## THE NEXT THREE SHOULD BE ON A NEW PAGE IN THE PDF
>>
>>      ## Set layout to three rows and only oine column
>>      par( mfcol=c(3,1), oma=c(0,0,0,0), mar=c(4, 4, 2, 2) )
>>
>>      ## First row
>>      par(mfg=c(1,1))
>>      try( plot(runif(ff)) )
>>
>>      ## Second row
>>      par(mfg=c(2,1))
>>      try( plot(runif(100)) )
>>
>>      ## Third row
>>      par(mfg=c(3,1))
>>      plot(runif(1000))
>>
>>      }
>>      )
>> dev.off()
>>
>>
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