[R] save plot

[Gavin Simpson]

On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 14:52 -0400, linda.s wrote:
> > Open a new device before plotting, do your plotting, close the device.
> >
> > For example, using a PDF device via pdf():
> >
> > pdf("my_plots.pdf", height = 8, width = 8, pointsize = 10,
> >    version = "1.4", onefile = TRUE)
> > for(i in 1:10) {
> >    y <- rnorm(100)
> >    x <- rnorm(100)
> >    plot(y ~ x)
> > }
> > dev.off()
> >
> > The last line (dev.off() is very important as the file will not be valid
> > pdf without closing the device.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > G
> 
> I got the error:
> > pdf("my_plots.pdf", height = 8, width = 8, pointsize = 10,
> +    version = "1.4", onefile = TRUE)
> > for(i in 1:10) {
> +    y <- rnorm(100)
> +    x <- rnorm(100)
> +    plot(y ~ x)
> + }
> > dev.off()
> null device
>           1

If by "error" you mean "null device \n 1", that is a notice informing
you what the now current plotting device is, i.e. in this cases there
isn't one.

Did you look in your current working directory (see what that is by
using getwd() ) for a pdf named "my_plots.pdf"?

G

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