[R] boxplot - margin settings

[Antje]

I knew the solution would be kind of simple...
Thanks a lot, Sarah!



Sarah Goslee schrieb:
> boxplot() isn't passing extra parameters in the way you'd expect. If
> you set par() first, it works fine.
> 
> mar.orig <- par()$mar # save the original values
> par(mar = c(20,4,4,4)) # set your new values
> boxplot(data, las = 2)
> par(mar = mar.orig) # put the original values back
> 
> Sarah
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Antje <niederlein-rstat at yahoo.de> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm trying to solve a boxplot problem (should be simple, but I cannot find
>> the solution...):
>>
>> data <- list(   "long_name1_xxxxxxxxxxx" = rnorm(100),
>>                "long_name2_yyyyyyyyyyyyyy" = rnorm(200))
>> boxplot(data , las = 2, mar = c(20,4,4,4))
>>
>> Why does the margin not change whatever I put there???
>> With other plots it worked for me, why not in this case?
>> I just want to see the whole label...
>>
>> I'm really sorry if I've missed a very obvious reason for this behaviour.
>> Maybe someone can help me?
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Antje
>>
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