[R] how to save multiple plots in one PDF file?

[Jun Shen]

If you do plotting in a loop, then you need to print it to the device.

print(plot(xj,y))

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Shirley Bao <baoxinli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks!
> I got an error message when opening the pdf file: "There was an error
> opening this document. This file cannot be opened because it has no pages."
>
> Here is what I did in plotting and saving the file:
>
> pdf(file="C:/figure.pdf")
> for (j in 1:numColumns)
> {
> windows(width=5, height=5)
>
> plot(xj,y)
> }
> dev.off()
>
> Any ideas what might cause the problem? Thanks!
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Jun Shen <jun.shen.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1.Open pdf device
>> >pdf()
>> 2.Do your plotting as many as you want, you won't see the plots on the
>> screen because they go directly to the pdf() device.
>> 3.Turn off the pdf()
>> >dev.off()
>> Then you can review your plots in the pdf file. For more details see ?pdf
>>
>> Jun
>>
>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Shirley Bao <baoxinli at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have created separate plots in multiple graphics windows using the
>> > windows() function in R.
>> >
>> > How do I save all the plots in one PDF file?
>> >
>> > I tried savePlot("C:/rplot.pdf", type = "pdf"). However, it only saved
>> > the
>> > plot in the current graphics window.
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
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