[R] change default measurement unit to millimetre

[Patrick Connolly]

On Thu, 20-Aug-2009 at 10:25PM +1000, Jim Lemon wrote:

> e-letter wrote:
>> Readers,
>>
>> How do I configure R so that all units of measurement are in
>> millimetres? For example if I want to set the width of a graph, I want
>> to write:
>> width=100
>> and R interprets this value as millimetres.
>>
>>   
> Hi e-letter,
> If you just want a quick hack:
>
> mm2in<-function(mm) return(mm/25.4)
>
> then
>
> width=mm2in(100)

As a dedicated lazy typist, I've discovered that this is less typing:

width=100/25.4



>
> Jim
>
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